Snow Melt

Day 4 Journal Challenge: The Color of Envy

"Envy is a poison which colors your experiences so that joy is only superficial, serving the ego and not the spirit." by sybil

It's said that envy is a green-eyed monster, I don't think so. Green is the color of life, how can something that kills the spirit and friendships be green. If envy is green-eyed monster then it's shaded by darkness; it isn't exactly a black green, but something darker and more sinister.

There is a question about envy, which has haunted me lately. Do the people we envy, envy us in return? We usually envy people for something they have that we don't have and want. Is it possible that we have something they want and don't have? I'm not exactly sure what brought that specific question to mind. It just popped into my head one day. Until now I haven't did anything with it, but it seems like a good theme for a story. I don't think something like that would work very well in a poem, but it would make a good story.