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;
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.