Fruit Flies

Fruit flies gather at the corners of your mouth
They are going with you when you migrate south
They leave no room between your eyes to cry out
They are humming, getting louder, screaming now

That every step you take is heartache
And every beat you hear becomes blood in your ears
You step and step and step and step, this goes on eternally
Cough up lost wishes, you are bleeding internally

And you are damned from five years ago
You sewed your mouth shut, even so
Fruit flies lay eggs inside you, spilling out the sides
They fester within you and eat you from inside

Every lie you spill is chilling
And every crime you see snaps another vein
You reach out to touch anyone, anything, but you are fruitless
And yet the flies flock to you anyway, they come to you still

Your hands ache with petrified joints
You try and you try but you fail to write
It's useless to suffer, being the way that you are
With webs in your eyes and tacks in your heart

Every step you take shoots through you
And every motion leaves you sick
You eat and you eat and you eat, but you never feel full
Writing in permanent marker in hidden places you are beautiful

You are too weak to continue to breathe
The fruit flies recognize this in you and they leave
You crumple down to meet the moss on the floor
In a hundred years or so, you won't be here anymore

So go, your way
Sink into the ground
It's home to you now
Or lay down, and stay
The flies won't return
It's safe now to pass