Envy the green eyed monster
can be harnessed to achieve a goal
I currently have a want for fitness
it's eluded while my life was on hold
So I am mustering up my health
and working on my stamina
And feeding up my ego
because in the end its chutzpah thats its anima
You have to attack with vigor
and have a plan you adjust along the way
You have to be single minded
and self congratulate to make it stay
For envy does not really serve
and it can actually deflate your cause
Because you don't ask for advice
and align with those who have achieved what you want
For those that have blazed those trails
can tell you their recipe
It may be the thing you can exactly do
or it may be an energetic zing
But use your emotional energy
to fuel your restless tide
And keep an open mind
and move ahead with pride
Turn Envy the Green Eyed Monster to you can do this!! You can! - Artimus (C) Susan Manley 3/11/24 8:43AM
I hearkened to my better side, it bade me make amends,
For if not what was there, would then forever end.
A bitter mistress jealousy, my mind could hardly cope,
Thinking only of myself, harsh were those words I spoke.
Unfounded were my utterings, I had spoken like a child,
'Twas love that had unsettled me, my mind ran fast and wild.
But my love, she took me back she listened to my plea,
It was my undying love for her that stirred my jealousy.
I am not the first of many fools who love leaves insecure,
But let not the green eyed monster, sully what is pure.
Entry for
LATE JAN 2019 , ANY FORM OR NONE,
ANY THEME,UP TO A MAX OF 20 LINES Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand.
25/1/19. Placed=1st.
The green-eyed monster
The green-eyed monster has awakened
From a sleep that made him rest
As he has regained his vigour
He will put you to the test
You will have to act real courteous
While your heart with envy sears
And you must control your anger
Maybe even hide your tears
Your endurance will be torture
For it lacks good sentiment
There’s no will or motivation
To utter any compliment
Now your mood is so confusing
And it shows upon your face
Which appears real taut and rigid
And you feel so out of place
’Cause the monster has awakened
And he wants to be amused
He wants you to spew out venom
And he will not be excused
As you struggle not to please him
You blend friendliness with spite
And it all becomes real awkward
’Cause you want to do what’s right
So you smile and raise your eyebrows
In case your eyes stare blank and cold
’Cause you want no one to blame you
For a grudge that you might hold
This is how you fight the monster
Or at least that’s how you try
And it looks as if you’re winning
But you know it’s just a lie.
Wendy Nipas
The green-eyed monster has just peeped
His eyes around that corner
The look he gave so dark and deep
As if he meant to warn her
That some things are best left unsaid
That some are best left put to bed.
To visit once or twice maybe?
No harm in that she could not see
But harm once done to jealous eyes
Will creep and creep and demonise.
As if it were a godly thing?
Crowned and glorious?
A new sweet foundling?
But no
The green-eyed monster has just peeped
His eyes around that corner.
I am a real life green-eyed monster
For I was born with green eyes
I try to keep the monster at bay
But sometimes she rears her ugly head
It’s something I’ll always have to live with
My first memory of the monster appearing…
Well I guess I was about five years old
Mum would give us our pocket money
You were older than me so you got more
ALL it meant was you could buy more sweets than me
I would watch you devour each one
You never thought of sharing them
But you’ve had weight issues all your life
Whereas I’m a petite size eight….
I wonder who is jealous now!
Contest - Jealousy
Sponsor – SKAT
09~08~15
I seen a green eyed monster
I went to bed with a thought of good things.
My belly made a really bad noise I thought it was a possibility that monster.
With everyone to sleep I went downstairs without a sound.
To the cookie jar I went. Then out it came from the dark.
This big green eyed monster.
I just wanted to hide but no place to go. I was caught with the cookie jar.
I reach into the jar and took a cookie out.
I handed the cookie to the green eyed monster.
He took it with a grump then went out of sight.
The green eyed monster looked back at me
He said in a voice I heard before.
Go to bed my son or that green eyed monster might get you.
my life is funny
also been a mess
i had all the things in life
the was simply the best
i throw it all away
with mist trust and pain
a learned to love another
i did the bloody same
my heart feels in tatters
a dont know what to do
if a met another
would it be the same to.
my fears of being happy
is all just a dazze
i wonder if lifes in anger
as a treat you all the same.
i feel so lonely
and deep hurt inside
a met a lovely women
a wanted her as a bride,
i felt i mist trust her
as i was so comfused
i told her am not happy
and i was not amused,
she left me for another
as most do the same
does this happen forever
of love being the same,
i tried to hide my feelings
and keep my heart strong
am scared a hurt another
and say the things thats wrong,
i want to be happy,
and chance them blues away
i pray i meet another
that will not treat me this way,
it is not the women
that are i mistrust
its my green eyed monster
that ruines all my love,
i feel like its a monster
that drives me insane
as the green eyed monster
thinks everyones the same...