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