Coffee Stained Paper

Off-white lined paper
curling at the corners as
rich brown
      bitter
        delicacy
seeps into the fibers of knowledge.

Coffee and ink intertwine.
Tan melding into red
overtaking the words.
Lettering flees the mocha tsunami
only to submit to its dominance.

As the paper slowly dries
waves appear,
      caressing the red lines
           smudging the lettering.
Cold and dry, the coffee avenges its spilled self
claiming the paper as it’s home;
if only for the length of a storm.