Jealousy's Legacy

Following, sinister, with fanged-tipped wings, And dreaded - for it had returned, Looking behind at the vast ugly beast I experienced shame as I burned. Heated with sickness I'd suffered before, Running throughout my head My thoughts turned to gall, suspicion arose, Then all in my sight became red. This green-eyed gargantuan, called so because Shades of fresh emerald, refined, Glinting like steel, leapt from it's claws Sinking venamous shafts in my mind. Honed to a potency, Jealousy can, Only by hacking away At faith, then at trust, engorge almost all Resistance that gets in it's way. So please don't defer to this terrible host. Battle for all you hold dear. For you to give in and be led by such foe, All love-warmth will freeze by sheer fear.