Jealousy is painful
It’s a scary and unwelcome feeling
I hate it when I can hear him
The little Green-Eyed Monster
Roaring his way out of his cave
His anger is palpable and infectious
Soon I become angry
And distraught
But then it gets even worse
The monster tells me things
About myself
Things I already know to be true
But still despise
He tells me that I’m not good enough
He tells me not to fool myself
He tells me that it will never happen
And then he grunts
And tells me the same thing as always:
To get over myself
Then he just crawls back to his cave
And I want to crawl back to mine
And cry
But I don’t
I do what he tells me to do
I get over myself