Green Eyes

I crumble my napkin of jealousy,

sip the first straw of discontent,

chew your verbal parasol,

devour broken promises of hot lava,

regurgitate the charisma flowing

from your veins as my fate

rests beside uncertain shores.

Crushing the wings of lonesome

on my tongue, my emotions escape

through molasses midnight

feeding on sunset thoughts of you,

as your pores reside in other corners.

I taste remembered drips of passion

cooled by loss on my windowsill,

touch my lips to my salted wounds,

nurturing the fruit of misunderstanding.

My throat clogs with thirst for you

while envy’s venom poisons my soul.

Woeful shadows of doubt extinguish

my obsessive colors as my blue eyes

                   turn green.