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by Riley
Rated: E · Poetry · Mythology · #1305436
A poem from Atlas' perspective.
Song of Atlas

11/01/05



The fate of the world
Is in my hands
It weighs me down
It gives not, only demands

Demands that I breathe
But daren’t live
Alone I kneel
Who can know what I give?

You cannot understand
You cannot feel
My suffering
To you I am not even real

Time fades memories
My name – Atlas
Forgotten lore
A myth only, alas!

I hold it alone,
Who hears my cries?
Eternally
Freedom forever dies.
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