Invidia

[Lenny]

(Inspired by the sight of a Snow globe near Christmas time)


Fabricated, perfect seams

The grass is always greener on the other side.
But I don’t wanna be like you,
I don’t wanna be you.

Yet we stare
Oh, Invidia…

Shake the snow
beneath the globe.
Glass, a life
Lived without strife.

Within this bowl:

perfect little houses,
Immaculate picket fences,
Perfect little spouses
- Everyone’s’ dream.

The grass is always greener on the other side.
But I don’t wanna be like you.

Across the road,
What do you see?
The thoughts swarming, your mind you’ve told
yourself that is who you want to be with?

Always wanting what your eyes see
and cannot have.
Always wanting what you hear
and cannot share.

Shake the globe,
Snow falls on fabricated, perfect seams
Delusional dreams.

Perfect little houses,
Immaculate picket fences,
Perfect little spouses
But I don’t wanna be like you,
I’ve never tried.
No I don’t wanna be you.

Abstract life,
Oh, Invidia
Was the grass ever greener on the other side?


~Alyenendrov Tsorokean~

[poeticpiers]

It is the distance which makes the green seem so much better.
Dreams andfantasies are preferable to realities.
But when you try to realise your dreams
Your life can come apart at the seams.
Repent at leisure for your haste.
Cold reality must be faced.
The price you pay may be too high
it is far better that you try
To keep your fantasies and dreams
where they belong or sit seems.
At least to me and save yourself the misery.

[Lenny]

It is the distance which makes the green seem so much better.
Dreams andfantasies are preferable to realities.
But when you try to realise your dreams
Your life can come apart at the seams.
Repent at leisure for your haste.
Cold reality must be faced.
The price you pay may be too high
it is far better that you try
To keep your fantasies and dreams
where they belong or sit seems.
At least to me and save yourself the misery.

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