Atlas

Tell me this is more than you can bear!

Can you feel your feet dragging through the earth?

You can yell and mock and curse the air,

But your cries can never change the struggles you’ve endured.

The words escape your vaulted throat,

But who can save you from your hope?

Don’t preach your worries to your peers -

The only thing man ever does is fortify your fear.

Don’t raze the foundation in your bones -

This flower blossomed solely from the seeds you’ve sown.

Can you see how the stones have made you,

How the rocks can’t just flex with the wind?

Each one has taken hold and dictates you.

You can chisel at the surface but granite boasts from within.

And I know it’s hard to always bear the cross.

And I know, yes I know, it’s hard to shoulder heavy thoughts.

Your frame feels fragile as if the rainy days have rusted it away,

But changing who you are can never reconcile this pain,

So abstain.

Burying the base will cost your face.