When your efforts seem to tarry

in fetching fruits you wanted in a hurry

and your contemporary gets them early,

the bitterness you feel inside is jealousy.

An indignation you suffer silently

when your confidence gets bruised badly.

Frustration that you endure helplessly

when your belief of superiority

is shattered unexpectedly.

It is your Ego actually that appears masked as jealousy

and prevents you from accepting the reality.

Ego makes you blame your own Destiny

and belittle what others have achieved already.

Learning to appreciate others with generosity

and acknowledging their virtues with modesty

will expunge this negativity, we call jealousy.