Jealousy’s
a cancer

            It’s rotten
to the core,

            It’s never
ever satisfied

            It always
begs for more.

 

            It poisons
even friendships

            Puts
marriages on the spot

            As if what
others seem to have

            Surpasses
what you’ve got.

 

            The worm
within an apple

            The outside
looks just fine

            But
inwardly it’s eaten up

            Demise
and sure decline.

 

            Remember
Cain and Abel

            And each
one’s sacrifice

            Why was it
one was pleasing

            And one
would not suffice?

 

            You hear
the sound of envy

            A fallen
person’s moan

            As if
somehow you were deprived

            Through no
fault of your own.

 

            That sense
of true entitlement

            Of wrongly
missing out,

            That leads
to endless lawsuits

            And endless
inward doubt.

 

            As if it
was injustice

            That placed
you where you are

            When mostly
mediocrity

            Is why you
missed the bar.

 

            The grass
is seldom greener

            In your
neighbor’s yard

            You do not
know her challenges

            And why she’
gone so far.

 

            You do not
know the factors

            That led
him to this day

            You do not
know the sacrifice

            That lets
him live this way.

 

            You do not
know the striving,

            The
laboring until dawn,

            You do not
know his trust in God

            You only
see his lawn.

 

            You judge
by superficial things

            Appearances
at most

            You do not
see what lies within

            The work of
heavenly host.

 

            Jealousy
has blinded you

            You grope
to find your way

            And think
that your mere certitude

            Gives you
the right to say,

 

            ‘The other
man shouldn’t have it

            He didn’t
deserve his luck!’

            When
failure happens in your life

            You always
pass the buck.

 

            Jealousy’s
a tyrant

            A wailing
selfish child

            Undisciplined
ambition

            Unbridled
ego, wild.

 

            It leads to
no good outcome

            It ices no
one’s cake

            It always
leaves you wanting more

            It’s bad,
for goodness sake.

 

            Somewhere
there’s satisfaction

            Somewhere
there is enough

            Somewhere
there is pure gratitude

            And things
are not so tough.

           

            An apostle
once reminded

            The key to
being sane–

            Godliness
with contentment

            Its fruit,
enormous gain.

 

            Jealousy
and envy’s

            The enemy
of true love,

            Instead of
raising Cain again

            Emulate God
above.

 

            BW3

6-4-09    Our
32^nd anniversary