Pride And Jealousy

How many hearts are broken

By pride and jealousy?

How many tears have fallen

Through the years -- so needlessly?

How can pride be more important

Than a love that still lives on?

Will your pride fulfill your longings

When the one you love is gone?

Seldom can a love survive

Through years of jealousy

It's like being in a prison

And you struggle to be free.

If you can't trust the one you love

Then you've already lost

You'll drive her to another's arms

And your heart will pay the cost.

If she can't talk to another

Or an act of kindness show

Then her personality will change

And bitterness will grow.

Jealousy can cost your love

And pride be your reward

So don't buy a life of loneliness

For a price you can't afford.

Pearl E. Cain