Coffee Stain on my Linoleum
There seems to be a spill
Of which I can't abstain
The place that I call home
Is tainted from the pain
Whiter than a cherubs wing
With cross-sections deepened black
Sink like trenches down the road
Parallel to each own track
Forming plates that solidify
Feeling each temperature roll in
A frigid scene of witches’ snow
And scorching from within
Oblivious to the terrain
But here it shall dwell
Stiff but full of faults
An abode of empty shells
Sparks of exceptional talent
Fly close in bright yellow
The dimming light encloses
Soaking in mellow
The equinoxes go by
It continues to coincide
And all the rude aesthetics
Shall temporally lie
Everything will fade
It does not deceive
The somber and the thrill
Are ordered out to leave
What is this I see though?
Transcending in the path
A stain that will never budge
Even after the wrath
Stain as obscure as grim
But simultaneously sublime
The linoleum shall decay
The coffee stain is time
This will ultimately stay
Sudden bursts of dismay
Ignited by the surface
My linoleum sees a better day
By Gabriella
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