I am Atlas

I am Atlas

I carry this weight

on my shoulders like the earth

my sadness for you

I am Atlas

feeling the crush of your failure

your lack of humanity

A dead planet on my back

I am Atlas

the weight of a world

fueled by greed and empowered by theft

your only thought

is the thought of your now

I am Atlas

and the world becomes lighter

as you self destruct

I am Atlas

I hold a soulless world up to God

in shared disappointment

as we weep with crushed hope