A Light in the Mirror

i see all those around me
trying to make sense of life
battered by waves of pain and hurt
the weight of the world brings us down

standing like atlas
when we otherwise should not
we hold the weight of all upon our shoulders
when that’s not what we’re about

so i sit, a simple man, watching humanity
and its incessant insanity
watching compatriots find escape
from the weight of the world

yet i resolve, that when atlas becomes i
let go, release
and focus not on resolving everything
but resolve myself for my progeny, posterity

release
let the heft fall from upon high shoulders
release
let the madness flee into the dark

chaos is the world, and control is impossible, nay, inconceivable
letting it go
letting it drift away
and smiling all the while

sitting in the coffee shop
alone, deep in my thoughts
i have no need to escape reality
for it is what i make it, and i make it just so.