Stairs

Dents in the marble.

Heavy footprints going up,

tired steps coming 

down. 

A lifetime repeated 

as soles meet marble

once again. 

Stairs feel the weight we carry

on our shoulders,

baring the brunt

of livid stomping as we 

retire in frustration.

And after decades

the marble still does not 

Give in.

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By: Leilah Bhyat

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