Atlas – Susan Varo 8-20-2000

Can I compare

the lives of us two

how did it begin

how did it end with you

What’s the weight of heaven

is it ever too much

has it been measures in tons

or pounds as such

So much despair

you have in a clutch

did you lift the burdens

of others too much

Did you ask father time

if you’d ever get older

and still carry the weight

of the world on your shoulders

I feel like you sometimes

in my daily despair

the weight of the world

just on me to bear