Atlas misses the weight sometimes
In moments of solitude and freedom Because despite the pain It felt good To be needed Every once in a while Would you do it again? - Atlas
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You do not need to forgive
The ones who hurt you You do not need to teach them Or lead them down a different path But if they try to change Please, do not be cruel Your anger is justified But do not take it out on people Who have never had the opportunity To know better I understand that it's tiring and frustrating to constantly defend your identity--their opinions aren't your responsibility, and your feelings of anger and hurt are justified. But please, give people a chance to learn and change before you dismiss them entirely - Atlas I do not think that people are beautiful
Because of their pain But rather Because of the person they try to be In spite of it be kind, be brave, be good - Atlas I hope
That I can be brave enough To be the person you need me to be To be the person That I need me to be but bravery is so much harder than it seems - Atlas Perhaps the sweetness of childhood lies
Not in the way the world was But in what we believed It had the potential to be Bittersweet memories have begun to follow me even now, when I'm still so young (how lucky am I to have lived such a wonderful life) - Atlas We were always
Just missing each other Always there just a little too soon or too late Yet our lives were bound together And so we continued on Always searching, Always seeking, Never arriving. Guess who just saw 'Love Letters' - Atlas Yes, the world is dark and cruel.
For all its brightness and wonder A shadow will always remain. It is cruel But we don't have to be Not to each other, Not today. Nothing to shake up your faith in humanity like a good old-fashioned post-apocalyptic dystopian action/thriller/vaguely existentially horrifying movie. - Atlas This cognitive dissonance builds in me
A subtle, thrumming hum That begins in my mouth and travels Backwards, all the way to my lungs I am lost I am trying to understand The point when a flaw becomes unforgivable When a mistake or a decision finally eclipses someone's humanity And their capacity for change I am trying to understand The black excuses spilling from my mouth For actions that have ruined the lives of millions I am trying to understand Two sides at the same time And where I stand In all of this (nowhere, everywhere, and some place in between) The price of trying to understand two opposing worldviews is guilt and confusion, but you gain a little truth and a lot of patience (for better or for worse) - Atlas Nostalgia creeps into the edges of my vision
Staining the world with gold Just as it slips from my grasp And I thought I would be ready For this heartache But I was not (Am not) Not the best way of phrasing it--maybe in another poem, someday - Atlas You were the answer to a question
I never asked An answer I needed to know Nonetheless I want to be so many things but the thing about life is that you don't get to be things, you get to DO things (if that makes sense?) - Atlas |
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