Jealousy

This is definitely something different by you..and I like it! I love all of your writing, this is no surprise :)

"but on a fear we left alone to fester
into something more damaging
than teeth "

Wow. I love the way you broke your lines and gave time for a bit of pause or breath before reading on. It gave a dramatic feeling, especially moving "than teeth" to it's own line. I thought it was very, very strong!

I think this is something new by you and I like it. You usually love to stick around themes of the sea or flowers or the wind or the trees or poetry/prose. This, however, reminds me of something much more dynamic and wild. Wild animals. I could see all the foam around this growling dog, and I could see how this could be compared to jealousy. It's a very effective image you have here. And I love the "Oh", as a sigh, as something dramatic, and perhaps also ironic.

However, I think that this poem would do well without the first two lines. If you only let the second stanza remain, I'm sure that the reader can still figure it out, since your title is so straightforward. (Loving the contrast between the straightforward title and the more metaphorical second stanza.) But of course, that's just a suggestion. :)

Keep sparkling the magic. ;)