Jumbled Emotions

The image is taken from Pixabay. 

Oh, darling, all my life was a joke

Filled with piercing jeers

Of the elite judges

Making me jumpy

Turning me into a mass of jitters

Afraid to laugh at the fear of jinxing

Terrified at the hint of jazziness
Until one day, a juvenile

Pointed out the reason for their jealousy 

Was my ability to be joyful
Despite the fatigue of life's journey.

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Note:
Day 11 for J
An eleven lines poem where each line ends with a J word.