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Thoughts on Life From A Teenage Atlas MAG
I feel like Atlas
Holding the sky up
Protecting everyone under it
When never getting any rewards or rest myself
As everyone eats and parties
I'm stuck here
Doing the hardest work in the world
While everybody else prospers off my suffering
And even as I protect everyone
People still make fun of me
They punch me
And I can't punch back because I'm too busy protecting them
People say my muscles are strengthening
But what's the point of building your muscles
When all you are going to use them for
Is holding up the sky?
My old friends have tried to help me hold the sky up
But once they realize that I won't ever be able to play games with them again
They spit on me
And walk away, leaving me with my burden once more
Alone I stand here
Day after day
Night after night
Imagining what my life would be like if I wasn't stuck here
But what is the point
Of dreaming about things that will never be?
Dreaming about pleasure and happiness
While I'm stuck in a swamp of depression and pain
So here I am, rambling on
Praying and begging Aeolus for a gust of wind
So that my overheated, sweaty body
Can be cooled off for a few seconds
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i love this! i saw atlas as i read it. keep writting
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