Stained

Tip, tap, tip, tap,
Keys moving,
Up, down, up, down,
An irregular heartbeat.

The cold metal,
Pressed up against my fingers,
Stained -
With the memories of strangers and their stories.

A portable device,
The places it has travelled,
The events it has experienced,
The words that have been typed.

Old ink - stained the keys,
Old technology,
Old parchment, crumpled,
Old stories, forgotten.

Swish, swish,
The changing of the paper,
The keys rhythmically type,
Recollecting the memories of the past.