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Jealousy Feeds

by Ben Centra

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"Jealousy Feeds"

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A moment with my mind at ease
Sabotaged, modern disease
I absently engage the screen
My peace is poisoned, turning green

Scroll through the sea of smiling people
Highs that my life cannot equal
Food and drink I'll never taste
Good times in which I won't partake
Your pets and kids to idolize
Their stupid faces I despise
Hoping my envy will decay
I close the page and walk away

Oh, jealousy feeds

I open up the page once more
The same I closed a second before
Every time I do it hurts
The feeling just gets worse and worse

New jobs, new toys, relationships
Concert, cars, or camping trips
Friends, ex-lovers, total strangers
Each my fragile worth endangers
They mean no harm I do not doubt
But I face that fear of missing out
The things they share should bring me joy
But my mind poisons and destroys

Oh, jealousy feeds
Oh, feeds on me

I give into that sad addiction
My anti-social self-affliction
I wish that I could go offline
But then how would I waste my time?
Reflect upon my boring life
Self-pity stabs just like a knife
A cruel resentment fills my mind
So I close the page another time

I'm back again after a while
Time has cooled the rage and bile
My social karma to collect
My online ego to protect

Each like a lie, each post a punch
Each share or poke points to a hunch
This site is built to stir up heat
To bring us down, make us compete
I fail to see their noble ends
And I continue to descend
The envy builds, a growing cyst
Despite the pain I can't resist

Oh, jealousy feeds
Oh, feeds on me

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released March 19, 2018

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Ben Centra Medford, Massachusetts

Singer-songwriter from Medford, MA.

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