**_The lights go out

_****_I’m all alone

Abandoned, unfixed,

I feel like an old bone

One person comes

Then another

Nobody bothers to replace me

Nobody bothers to check on me

Food crumbs fall on me

Milk absorbs into the cracks

Dirt doesn’t escape

And the bugs eat through me for the food that is placed

I creak and break

I lost my color

My nails get loose

And yet nobody replaces me

Suddenly, no one comes through the door

No one walks on top of me

No one is talking…

Empty

I wait

And wait

And I wait

Still, the house feels empty and no one is around

_****_Light comes into view but no one is around

_****_Then darkness comes and only the crickets sound

I thought about eternity

I was going to be here forever with no one stepping on me

I can’t remember how many days have past

5? No

10, perhaps? Can’t be

I’ve lost my mind, I think

The days seemed longer until someone steps on me…and before I know it, hundreds of feet walk upon me and talk about me

And then…I feel myself slowly being pulled up

And I realize I’m being taken away

I’m finally being taken away

I’m no longer going to be brown and gross

Sure, I may not be around anymore

But that’s not the point

I’m getting out of here

_**

Weeks go by and now there is a new floor

Pure white and no longer brunette

The cracks are no longer visible

And the floorboards don’t creak

A young couple started there family

And the floor goes through the same thing

The previous floor went through

The brightness come on

I’m surrounded by light

Beautifully sacred

As lovely as a banquette

The old floor had a purpose

The new floor has a purpose

Everyone has a purpose…

What’s yours?