evil dessert

jealousy
is such an evil dessert.
so cruel
an emotion there never was.
a devil's
dish
of angst.
you keep spooning it
in,
the black heart
never quite full.
the flight of rational
thinking
flies quickly
out the window.
just a word or glance
is enough
to throw a jug of
kerosene
onto a single flame
of a match struck.
it's a sick world.
crazy
and mean.
how rough the waters
can be
so quickly, though once
so placid, so relaxed,
so serene.