Atlas

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Rated: E · Poetry · Romance/Love · #2358609

This is my attempt to come to terms with a toxic relationship. feedback is appreciated!

Atlas, my love
You're straining
Straining against the weight of the world
Gasping for breath
Scrambling for purchase
Soles slowly sliding from your control

Atlas, my love
I hate to see you suffer
Suffering with the weight of the world
You carry burdens
Burdens vivid
Unimaginable to the world

Atlas, my love
I could do it you know...
I could bear the weight of the world
Let you roam free
Free to adventure
Free from the weight of your world

Atlas, my love
I'll take your burden
That you may see the rest of the world
I'll carry that cross
I'll lighten your load
The load of the weight of the world

Just promise, my love
To live free, free from burden
The burden of the weight of the world
I'll take your place
I'll be your lighthouse
The light at the edge of the world

...

Come back to me, my love
My hope, at this edge of the world
We can share this burden
Together, stronger than we ever were apart
If you'd return, my love
Come and share this burden
This burden of the weight of the world

*Earth*
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