How heavy the Earth must have been for Atlas,
to have the weight of the world’s problems pressing down on you.
I struggle sometimes to carry my own weight,
not to mention the extra pounds
I offer to carry
since our previous generations didn’t care to.
So now we must carry them together
and even then
I don’t know if there will be enough people
who will offer to carry the world together
or who can handle their own and the Earth’s.
By the time we collect the strength to
it will crumble on our shoulders.
Maybe then
Atlas’ fate has been lightening this whole time.
So as the Earth falls apart,
he can stand just a bit taller.
Did he deserve his punishment then?
Maybe Hades saw how Atlas
could somehow benefit from the
destruction of this burden.
Now,
who does that sound like?