William Shakespeare, in Othello, first coined the phrase "the green-eyed monster" to describe jealousy. Today that phrase is used all the time and now you will know how it originated.
Today's journal: write a poem about jealousy. It can be about any type of jealousy. It doesn't have to be about a love interest. It could be that you're jealous that someone has ice cream and you don't. Have fun!
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What can I say?
ReplyDeleteI don't want to be here
I don't want to do this
I want to be there
I can't go on
when being here
makes me feel
like all I've worked so hard for
is gone
What can I say?
I didn't want this to happen
I didn't ask to be trapped
didn't ask to be taken
advantage of in such a way
that my night is bleeding
into day
and all that I can find to say
is that I hate
for this to happen
What can I do?
when I'm stuck on the edge
nowhere to turn, nowhere to go
no one to listen, no one who knows
what I can do or
what I should think
when I'm right on the edge
right at the brink
of all I've wanted
all my life
I've sacrificed
I've paid the price
and all I need is hanging there
but when I reach
I grasp the air
What can I feel?
anger? love? hope? hate?
do I smile?
do I laugh?
do I cry?
I could be patient
I could wait
or I could just say goodbye
Off in the distance
ReplyDeleteI see dragons flying
I'm standing here in a trance
looking about and crying.
I don't know what you're thinking
ReplyDeleteI really wish I did
That girl standing next to you can
How I wish I could do that
She knows what you think when you pass on the street
She can change what you don't like
What don't you like about me?
What can I change?
I wish I knew
Then again..
I heard what you were thinking
It was wrong
Now I'm over you and moving on
It's not that great..but it came to me really easily! yay:)
Jelousy is like when someone has a subway sandwich,
ReplyDeleteand I have a jelly one,
It is when one person has something to say,
and I am left silent alone,
It's when they get an A plus,
and I get a B which sucks,
Jelousy can come in many forms,
weather love or over possesions,
we have to remember,
that we all have things to be happy for.
Jenni Gust
Jealousy - it just teases me.
ReplyDeleteMust I modify me?
Or remain to be just me?
Everywhere I look, I witness love.
Kissing, holding hands, hugging, holding
The beauty of it resembles the purity of a white dove.
Where's my soulmate?
Why isn't he here?
He's always far away
And leaves me standing here.
How can I be happy
If I'm surrounded by young love?
It taunts and teases...
Where is MY true love?
i wish i wasn't full of
ReplyDeleteenvy
that this smile wasn't
plastered
on my facewhile my stomach
burned
i don't want to care
i want fall away and feel
nothing
take away my ears and i will no longer hear
take away my mind and the thoughts will die away
take away my eyes so i don't have to see
free me this frigid state
the clutch of jealousy
Lingering,
ReplyDeletegasping,
mourning,
heart sore.
Painful to sleep,
Blows
to my core.
Rock
to calm
slumbered dreams,
interrupted, by ,
unheard screams.
I have,
no breath.
My speech,
is slain.
Mind wanders off
in distant gaze.
Punch,
to my soul.
I will rise.
I will be,
saddened nevermore.
They, alone,
are unheard.
their motives,
questioned,
their vision,
blurred.
They
do not know,
What power
it truly brings.
The power
of loss,
The power,
Now,
has lost,
its sting.
I say hi.
ReplyDeleteyou say bye.
I love you.
You hate me.
Oh, how I wish I could be her.
The jealously comes pooring out.
Like rain in a drought.
It's not fair.
If only I was a millionaire
then maybe he'd have a love affair.
Now, I need to go pray the Lord's prayer.
bahahahahah...wow. That was terrible.
I didn't mean anything by the ending. I suck at poems. Ok. The end.
Flying
ReplyDeleteFlying is the greatest feat
We have risen,
We have fallen
So long we have tried,
And escaped to other worlds
We are not as agile as the little sparrows
Or the graceful Eagles
But we still find it in ourselves to follow their lead
Some day we may grow our wings and fly,
but for now we can only watch our feathered friends float across the sky
Dreaming
ReplyDeleteHope
Wishing
of all the things i can not have
Dreaming it will come to me
Hoping they will apear
Wishing they will last forever
All this time i think of things and i do not get them
Then you come along and get everything i want
Its not fair to watch you have it
I want it so much.
Why can't i be you
Jealousy is when
ReplyDeleteYou see the one
That you love
With someone else.
You feel miserable
Just seeing them
Pass you by
In the halls.
You feel alone in the world
Because they are gone
Jealousy
ReplyDeleteWanting and hoping
Staring and wishing
For what others have
And I what I don't.
Lusting and yearning
Aching and craving
For all that
I will never have.
Thirsting and coveting
Longing and dreaming
Hating those that have
What I never will.
How I wish I had what you had.
ReplyDeleteI do indeed,
but if you don't give it,
I will take it with ease!
Give me your food!
Tom
Some days you make me wonder
ReplyDeleteWhat you see in him that is so grand.
He is a different person around you,
A fake he is who is going to leave you in pain
Once he gets tired of being with you,
Leaving you behind heartbroken.
I am the you always talk to
After the two of you have a fight.
No matter how much I really want to
Tell you to just get over him and move on,
Courage is something that I cannot muster
For you are in love with him and not me.
Yet I wait for the day when you finally realize
And see who you are truly looking for.
Fakes like him are not needed in your life,
When you have someone like me by your side.
I will always be here waiting for you;
You just need to open your eyes and see.