Atlas

He is my Atlas:
World on his shoulders
All the responsibility that is his
And not his
To bear

He is my Atlas:
A map to his lands
All the possibilities he envisions
And fears
To share

He is my Atlas:
A diagram of his own
All the pieces that make him love
And hate
To care

"'If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders - What would you tell him?'

'I…don't know. What…could he do? What would you tell him?'

'To shrug.'”

-Ayn Rand