ENVY
We will hardly admit
we ride the envy train.
Social media: True temple of God Envy
for worship, become a master of it
to recruit the naive.
We post our trips and relationships,
what we are about to eat,
the clothes we can buy or the bodies we build,
we post our favorites jokes and phrases,
the books we read,
social -political critic,
the music we hear,
the concerts we assist,
the movies we watch,
the medals we win…
What´s the aim of all these?
To share the joy? To spread wisdom?
To enlighten the ignorant?
The secret aim is
to harvest envy of all those who read.
Please reconsider,
what do you enjoy the most?
The view you hardly contemplate
after taking the shot to post it…
The food on your table
you gobble up
or the comments of all the others?
the person who appears in the photo
whom you hardly listen and care for
or the fact you are with “someone”
parading in front of all the lonely?
The book that shows how smart you are
but you wont read or apply in real life.
The music or the movie depicting
how cool your taste manifests and thrives,
while you are attending your cellphone meanwhile
and later you cannot even remember what was what…
The years of marriage, complaining, complaining….
or the triumph over the sad divorces and singles,
the children you have while others could not
who you don´t play with or share a nice meal
without scolding or judging or suffering it.
You earn your money to get my envy
you have a boyfriend to make me envious
you have 5 dogs to feel superior
you chase the fun to win my sighs at home
you post your phrases to show you know better
and the best memes to be the first to post!
A race, a delirium
to feed from envy
a life starving while you have
“likes-full” belly,
you go to the beach to have my envy
you climb the mountain to harvest envy
you get indebted to show off at the party
you waste your days craving envious faces
and comments of wanting
and relief for the few minutes
you don´t feel envy.
Marisol Achirica
2022
