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The Jealousy Of Nature

February 1, 2022
By Anonymous

Jealousy is a hunter green

Filled with greed and bitterness

The green vines strangling trees 


Jealousy sounds like rough rain, thunder, and lightning

The harsh wind knocking objects over

Loud birds waking you up before the sun is even in the sky


Jealousy tastes like salt water straight from the ocean

Taking a bite out of a rotten apple


Jealousy smells like dead flowers

Just like a rotting tree


Jealousy looks like a gloomy forest only one would dare to enter 

A lake filled with algae

Accompanied by debris scattered over the surface 


Jealousy feels like angry waves crashing against you

Putting your trust in a weak branch


The author's comments:

This poem was originally an English assignment, my teacher mentioned TeenInk to us a couple of times, encouraging us to submit a piece.

 

Cover Photo By = KEITH DOTSON PHOTOGRAPHY


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