sapere aude
Joie May-Silvers
Fruit Flies
You are giving up
a love so sweet
fruit flies come to die in it
Once it is gone
your tongue will never find
How heavy
the promises
woven in kisses
You lost me
to bitter words
wrapped in contradictions
Still
i love you
in spite of this
So like those flies
i will flutter down
and die in it
creator's notes:
I wrote this piece during an "off" period of a relationship I was in. There is nothing more chaotic than the highs and lows of toxic love. Yet, when you're in the middle of it, there is the false semblance of control over your involvement in the cycle. "Fruit Flies" deals with the knowledge that something is wrong for you and the choice to succumb to it anyways--a death of logic in favor of the heart.
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about:
Joie-May Silvers is a sophomore Honors student studying Creative Writing and Music Technology. She has a passion for boba, the arts, and social justice.
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subcategory:
Death