"If Atlas Sneezed"

Distractions are the only way to forget
To forget the times where you were betrayed
Distractions are another way to forget
The weight of guilt on your shoulders
And the warmth of tears falling down your face
Begging to leave, as they slowly trail

You're not Atlas, the god that sacrifices his life for us
You're not doomed to hold the world on your shoulders
You don't have to feel the guilt if you sneezed
As it caused hurricane-like wind to wreck apart houses
And rip apart homes
So why do you feel guilt
Pain
Sadness

...

Maybe you were chosen to face the gods
To hold the world up
To take the shame of the world on your back
And the only way to distract the world
From all the bad, and evil
The things that would bring them to their knees
Under no weight, but just as a witness

Was to sneeze

Ava L