Extended Metaphor Poem (REVISED DRAFT)

  Nature’s Plague

 “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;       
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock                                
The meat it feeds on…”

It worms its way in, a parasite gnawing and prying the brain,         
Leaving holes where reason and security were housed.                  
Acid eats and burns away at the very core of sanctity,                      
Once the apple is bitten, pure flesh gives way to rot.

Everything is blurred, green eyes make vision hazy,                                         
It is impossible to see beyond the dense, low hanging fog.                           
Desperately mind clings to shore, viciously it is swept away,                         
Not a single soul is saved from the riot of a distorted sea.         

                                                                                        

Hefty accusations flow forth from a tainted source,                 
Unfounded half truths spill upon the floor like gasoline.                                   
Fuel to the fire of the sorely scorned heart,                                       
It pumps thick and angry blood with renewed conviction. 

                                                   

Reality has slipped out from under feet like a rug,                     
No longer on firm ground, monstrously transforming.                                                     
Sitting back on bristling haunches it grows,                                                           
Half blind and frothing from the mouth.