Atlas
It's hard being the strong one.
It's hard not to complain.
I know its only logical that
No one would care.
My shoulders were never strong
but the world is too heavy to bear.
Yet, I do it for You
though you'd never ask me to.
I'll carry the world for you
I owe that much to you.
It's hard being the one who's always left in the rain.
It's hard to smile through the pain.
If the wind blew hard I feel I could break
but passing storms reveal there's more I can take.
Everytime I lose someone,
Everytime I bruise,
I find the strength to soilder on,
I find the voice to chose,
To wake up,
To look up ,
To bare it all for you.
No one will love you
like I do
and I'll never say it to you,
but you know that it's true.
I'll keep it locked up inside
but you'll know when I show it.
I carry the world for you
and you'll never know it.
What Heartbreak Has Taught Me
Heartbreak is a teacher.
Each break hurts differently,
Each scar unique.
I could recall for you the story of each.
For a certainty, each provides a lesson to teach.
What I have learned is this
Love has led me to forgiveness.
Love has led me to acceptance.
Love has covered all the hurt.
The Pain has taught me.
The Pain has left me breathless, restless, and numb,
But the unyielding optimist in me
Refuses to die.
When I don't want to get up
Like a phoenix I rise.
I have learned from my heartbreak
that there is still Hope.
If there is even the dullest spark
You can survive with a broken heart.
Relic
As with all things
There is a beginning
And end
In the beginning
We lived so freely
we tasted every wine
Every luxuriant foliage
strived for only the best.
I have loved
I have hated
I have known
But this I never anticipated
The world I was just getting to know
Soon shall become a relic
Preserved under grey snow.