Everything falls apart,
Eventually-- Even houses. Even countries. Even people. I didn't mean to start every line with E I swear -Atlas
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Sometimes My mind flashes like lightning from point A to point Z And my mouth is left stumbling Trying to explain a thousand things I put together in a second And sometimes I'm so focused on saying something That I forget where I intended to go In the first place ---------- Beautiful words Are not my forte But even ugly words Can tell the truth sometimes ---------- Here is what happens to moths
Once they reach the light: They burn. It's been a while since I've written this many poems at once -Atlas I suppose it's possible
To go your entire life Without ever knowing if you've said Anything Worth listening to at all I think I have said stuff worth listening to. Usually I don't know it at the time, though -Atlas I'd like to think
That I would recognize you Anywhere In any life Because there are some things That not even time can touch I'm not sure if I believe in reincarnation or not. I mean, it's an interesting idea--but I don't know if I really believe it, you know? If it is true... I think I'd be waiting for someone. Like a soulmate, but not in a romantic way. I mean, sometimes we'd end up 'together'; just not always. That's not what it's about. It's more of an 'undying fealty'/'comrades in arms'/'BFFs for this life and the next' sort of thing. Fun stuff to think about. -Atlas And maybe
The world isn't meant to be saved. Heck, We can't even agree on what 'saved' means. Life is hard like that -Atlas It's not so bad,
being different. You're going to spend a lot of time alone And it's important that you're in good company. Forgot to post this yesterday. Whoops -Atlas Faith is blind,
And that scares the heck out of me. It takes the uncertain and makes it certain, takes the complicated and makes it simple, offers comfort instead of a way forward. But. Over the course of my (admittedly short and sheltered) life I have seen Some things worth believing in. This took me ages to write and it still doesn't feel finished. Gah. -Atlas And maybe I am not the kind of person
Who should be given such an easy life. I am so lucky And I have been given so much But look at what I'm doing with it Look at how I am doing nothing at all I'm torn between feeling impossibly lucky and waiting for the other shoe to drop -Atlas This is how I know
That I am lucky: The problems in my life Are not the result of some external force. They are of my own making. eh -Atlas Someday I'll learn
From my mistakes But slowly I've realized That wisdom comes At a steep price Something to think about, I guess -Atlas |
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