Paranoia

Often we hear of an ardent lover
Whose mistress knows no greater joy
Than to please him who stole her heart;
Be it with ways bold, funny or coy.

But soon comes the day
When neither proof nor entreaty
Convinces the jealous lover
Of his beloved's unbending fidelity.

Paranoia, that blinding devil,
Hunts with arrows of envy, doubt and ire.
So you end up hurting and saddening
All those you love, respect or admire.

Two friends, inseparable of old,
Now unable even to like one another,
Turned enemies, thanks to paranoia!
A presumed 'betrayal' did a friendship smother.

Think you have a dearth of foes?
Then just stop trusting a friend.
For no building lacking cement lasts long;
Likewiseis a trustless friendship easy to end.

Yet another tale we hear, of a wife
Doubting her husband's loyalty...
They don't seem to find trust any more
Hence the divorce, a harsh, scary reality.

Got a relationship you want to ruin?
Then just take on an obsession-
There's no quicker way to kill love
Than to strangle it with suspicion.