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E-N-V-Why?
May 4, 2019
Observe envy in its natural habitat
It feasts shrewdly on happiness
Hunts in the dark like a bat
Envy, with such ghastliness
Spreads its wings over our conscience
And swallows it whole
It creeps by, rambling nuisance
About others’ like a mole
Camouflaged like an owl
It flies past unnoticed
With a sickening howl
Someday, envy will change
It will grow
It shall lose the V for venomous
And Y for wickedly
It grows a C-O-N-T
And another T for a tail
Now made by 7
Naturally selected and
Bred into a
More mature word
Someday, all the
ENVY
Will evolve,
And become:
CONTENT
© Jessica P., Easley, SC
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It is human nature to want what others have around us. There is a natural presence of envy. Yet there is hope that one-day society as a whole will find ways to be content with what they have. After all, the happiest people do not have the best of everything, they make the best of everything they have! I hope this inspires people to evolve to become the most accepting and fulfilled version of themselves.