The Final Act of Jealousy
orchestrated by you
who taught her to love
unconditionally
conspired by you
barring love
as though forbidden
directed by you
scandalizing love
in your scripted satire
assuming the midas touch
her heart; liquid gold
melted by love’s many glances
she questions your jealousy
to possess her solely
she pleads innocent
absent of witness
save her heart
petitioning judge and jury
every love was you
every guise you
cleverly masked
to beguile her being
her crime
falling in love
with love
with every glance
that befell her heart
a guilty verdict
decreed by you
crushing her existence
a recipe for subsistence
fana to baqa
a theatrical tragedy
devised by you
the Last Act of Jealousy
a life sentence
to solitary confinement
as prisoner of love
