April 06, 2004

to atlas

it must be hard to have the whole world on your shoulders. how tempting it must be to just shrug it all off, take a leave, and never come back. to rest. to revel in the relief of not having to lift a burden. how easy it must be. especially if the world does not try to alleviate your pain. does not even recognize the deed you do. does not even recognize you.

so why didn't you?

it is a question that bothers me every now and then. a question which, when asked, you proclaim as unnecessary and irrelevant. a question to which i find no satisfactory answer, save for one. love. you must really love the world to endure this. you must really have seen something in its chaotic state. you really must have faith in the belief that the world loves you. loves you for what you do. loves you for you.

i will not try to dissuade you. your belief is your belief. let me just thank you now for bearing this burden. i am, after all, part of this world which you carry upon your shoulders.

thank you, atlas. may we move on in time for as long as this world exists.

happy 21. :)

posted by kerwin ray :: 9:15 PM :: ""