Fly

A Poem by Yahallo

Do you ever exaggerate problems in your life? Do you forget to take action? Do you feel weird without a burden on your back? Do you feel like you've wasted so much time worrying? Well, I do.

There's a fly in my bedroom
I have never seen it come in
But I know it's close to me
Maybe it likes my perfume?

It's been a week since the fly arrived
It makes me hit my head against the desk
But I try to be at my very best
How has it managed to survive?

It's been a month since the fly appeared
I can hardly fall asleep
I want to find it but I just scream
My mom tells me I am weird?

It's been half a year since the fly came
I think I even saw it today
But it doesn't want to go away
Maybe I'll never be the same?

It's been a year since the fly showed up
I had to cry my face off again
It's an endless buzzing in my brain
My room needs a clean-up

It's been two years since the fly got here
I almost never have any sleep
I've even tried counting sheep
The fly is often really near

It's been three years since the fly barged in
Carelessly I opened my window
And the buzzing came down to zero
I laughed like a mad-man

It's been a week since the fly left
But I still hear it sometimes
Perhaps I just miss the old times
My mom tells me I am stressed?

It's been a month since the fly disappeared
From time to time I hear it in my dreams
I've taken it to the very extremes
My room is cleared

It's been half a year since the fly went
I wonder if we were friends
I guess everything ends
All of my efforts are spent

It's been a year since the fly escaped
It's not here but I can see it clearly
My mind tells me I loved it dearly
From my room though it is erased

It's been two years since the fly flew
It's been two very long years
It will always live in my ears
My mom tells me I've got a flu

It's been three years since the fly moved on
I wonder if it's dead by now
Oh goodness what have I allowed
I pity myself as I meet the dawn