Lia Boller

The Lonely Floor

I’m stepped on and stepped on

I always have your back,

Like a supportive mom always there for her child

Life’s a rollercoaster,

But not once have they feared

The pain I feel,

Like a crook in a back,

Ready to crack, 

BOOM!

I’m in every building

beneath the souls of millions, 

I lay in silence 

While people abuse me

When it comes to life 

I only have one goal

A proud content secret keeper

If only people valued 

Me as they do themselves 

Always a presence in the room,

From dirt to dust it's never just…

My loneliness flows like a river,

The taste of the old coffee rotting is sour,

The pain it feels to see people litter is like a 

Sharp radiating pain

The sound of booms, enter the room,

The unbearable stench of sweat fills the air ,

 I wish I could click my heels together like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz,

 and escape this horrible misery,  

And to put people in my shoes to remind 

Them to be grateful.