JEALOUSY

“Masquerade”

Eyes like fire…

Ripe with rage;

Hissing sighs of lustful desires

Ugly face behind a page.

Arms stretched out in serpentine guile

Lulls its foe with wry embrace-

Caressing tenderly all the while

Its venom sips without a trace.

Born of inadequacies of self;

Beware of those too eager to please-

Query their motives – their overtures too…

Laugh with them – cajole and tease;

Never hold your breath beyond a count of two.

Author: Hope Kale Ewusi 

Deflated egos over compensate…

For the paths that often bear left.

With actions conceived to ingratiate.