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May 2020 · 122
Again
Atlas May 2020
It won’t be like last time
It will never be like last time
Never again
May 2020 · 117
Untitled
Atlas May 2020
You’ve always left wounds to fester.
May 2020 · 105
Untitled
Atlas May 2020
I’m in a better place now
I don’t know if it’ll last long
But at least now I know
I can do it alone
May 2020 · 125
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Atlas May 2020
Love is not a complicated word
And yet it caused all this trouble
May 2020 · 119
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Atlas May 2020
Her heart ached
for many reasons
But above all
It ached for you

May 2020 · 115
Untitled
Atlas May 2020
Why is it that
All artists are mad
And poets sad?
May 2020 · 89
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Atlas May 2020
Why is it that
Stone statues look like flesh
Yet people feel like stone
Apr 2020 · 123
Before I Fall
Atlas Apr 2020
Before I fall
Hug me close
And kiss me under
The Sakura petals
Please don’t forget
To look at me
The way you do
Before I fall
Once more
Apr 2020 · 114
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Atlas Apr 2020
I didn’t think love was suppose to hurt
Apr 2020 · 80
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Atlas Apr 2020
Those who challenge the sun
Will only burn in its glory
Apr 2020 · 114
Untitled
Atlas Apr 2020
If you stare long enough
You’ll start to notice the cracks
So please,
Look away.
Apr 2020 · 80
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Atlas Apr 2020
Have you ever been seated in class and just wondered what if?
What if I just stood up and walked out
What if I threw my desk
What if I shouted and interrupted the teacher
Would it be worth it to just scream?
Alas, we know the answer to this question
We’d be sent down to the office
We’d be yelled at and punished
And so,
We stay seated.
Apr 2020 · 82
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Atlas Apr 2020
Isn't it sad when flowers are picked?
To destroy a life for a short time of entertainment
Apr 2020 · 79
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Atlas Apr 2020
It was not fun having a close friend named inferiority and an acquaintance called depression.
Apr 2020 · 89
Heart
Atlas Apr 2020
Don’t worry dear,
I’ll always keep you in the back of my mind
And in the forefront of my heart
Apr 2020 · 111
Untitled
Atlas Apr 2020
I miss the feeling of excitement
Of not being able to sleep because I’m too busy waiting for tomorrow
Of furiously reading a book to know the ending
And that feeling has slowly waned over the years
And now with school out
I have nothing to look forward to
I’m only 15, but I’m already so tired
I miss wanting to be awake
Even if it’s just for a little while longer
Apr 2020 · 86
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Atlas Apr 2020
Why is it that the best people have the worst luck?
Mar 2020 · 85
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Atlas Mar 2020
I always hated the feeling of falling
But you made it a little bit easier
Mar 2020 · 115
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Atlas Mar 2020
I chased after you
But you disappeared
And I never had a chance
To catch up

For I couldn’t follow you
Where you were going

You weren’t going to
The ends of Earth
You were going beyond

But you needn’t worry
It might take me a
Little while

But one day
I’ll follow you
There as well
Mar 2020 · 108
Cherry Blossoms
Atlas Mar 2020
She lived and died with the cherry blossoms
She came to me blossoming in the spring
Only to brittle and fall away again in the fall
Mar 2020 · 107
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Atlas Mar 2020
I want a life worth writing about
Mar 2020 · 119
Cracked Porcelain
Atlas Mar 2020
Underneath the layers of charm and smiles
He was flawed
Cracked like a porcelain cup
In rough hands
Mar 2020 · 82
Gun shot
Atlas Mar 2020
I hold him close
But I can’t heal him
Can’t erase his memories
Of the past
It’s a bandaid
On a gun shot
Mar 2020 · 73
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Atlas Mar 2020
The soft press of his lips to mine
Hands cradle my face as if he’s afraid
He’ll break me
And though I try not to be
I’m afraid too
Feb 2020 · 74
Fragments
Atlas Feb 2020
Fragmented nightmares and dreams
Plague the darkness
Or perhaps they were memories

Memories of soft lips pressing against mine
A boy with startling blonde hair
And shocking gray eyes

Memories of fingers clinging desperately to me
Promising over and over to protect me
As I quiver; cheeks wet with fright

And when I wake
My whole body feels as if it’s on fire
And yet I can’t see the flames
Feb 2020 · 113
The Wind
Atlas Feb 2020
It was the wind that brought her to him.
She was the wind itself.
Playful, mischievous, coming and going whenever it wanted.
and just like the wind
She was impossible
To pin down
Feb 2020 · 123
Foggy Eyes
Atlas Feb 2020
Your eyes are fogged up
Yet they seem to see
Right into my soul
Feb 2020 · 74
Bitter Recluse
Atlas Feb 2020
My sadness does not
Make me empty.
Not even close

It fills me to the brim
With fiery anger
And painful frustration

From the fact that
I am the only one
Left in recluse


And nobody will take the time
To bother to tell me why

So no I’m not empty,
Far from it
I am determined
And I am bitter

One day you will recognize me
And until then

I don’t have the time to be empty
Feb 2020 · 95
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Atlas Feb 2020
We may all be made of starstuff
But so are toilets
And dog ****
As well as radiation

Not quite so poetic now?
Feb 2020 · 69
Untitled
Atlas Feb 2020
We hurt ourselves
To distract our hearts

I'm not quite certain
if it's working anymore
Feb 2020 · 98
Presumption
Atlas Feb 2020
Boys like you
Are much more
Dangerous for
The heart
Than I had
Presumed
Feb 2020 · 83
Candle
Atlas Feb 2020
The candle sputtered
The flame flaring up
Attempting to escape
From it's everlasting
Perch on the wick
Before it finally
Died out
Feb 2020 · 70
Valiant
Atlas Feb 2020
She wanted to stop you from hurting yourself like that,
But when she saw that fierce, oh-so-terribly
Valiant look in you piercing eyes,
All she could do was stand and stare
Feb 2020 · 74
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Atlas Feb 2020
He couldn't move.
His body wouldn't let him.
He couldn't focus on anything
But her and the color red.
Feb 2020 · 70
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Atlas Feb 2020
How dreadfully divine
Feb 2020 · 371
Turbulence
Atlas Feb 2020
______

She is turbulent
And tumultuous

She is stormy
And chaotic

And I was wrong
To think I would

Be the one thing
She wouldn't destroy

She is turbulence


______
Jan 2020 · 47
Breath Taking
Atlas Jan 2020
I seem
To have
Forgotten
How to
Breathe
Jan 2020 · 39
Untitled
Atlas Jan 2020
But you swore
You swore
You wouldn’t
Give
Up
On
Me







was that a lie too?
Jan 2020 · 37
Ebony
Atlas Jan 2020
Her ebony hair
Tied knots around my heart
And I have been entwined
In these ebony locks
And in her
Ebony heart
Jan 2020 · 56
Deter
Atlas Jan 2020
Why do you
Try to make it
Hard for me
To love you?

Do you think
Twisting the way
To your heart
Will deter me?

I think not
Jan 2020 · 51
Death
Atlas Jan 2020
Death is never
Too far
Or
Too
Near

It’s always
Busy
And it’s always
Searching
Jan 2020 · 93
Drag you Down
Atlas Jan 2020
Let go
Before I
D
R
A
G
You down
With me
Jan 2020 · 80
Falling or Flying
Atlas Jan 2020
Don’t you see?
Falling is the same as Flying
There never was a difference to me
Dec 2019 · 131
Sailor
Atlas Dec 2019
Weary eyes gaze out at sea
And worn hands drum
On weathered wood

A cigarette hanging
Loosely between his lips
As sea salt

Invaded his senses
And he surrendered
Himself to the sea
-atlas
Dec 2019 · 183
Untitled
Atlas Dec 2019
Your soft hands held mine
And it felt
As if for one small moment
Everything was right
In the world
-atlas
Dec 2019 · 83
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Atlas Dec 2019
How terribly unfortunate
-atlas
Dec 2019 · 121
Rising Sun
Atlas Dec 2019
As the sun rose,
I

F
E
L
L
Dec 2019 · 263
Resident
Atlas Dec 2019
You’ve taken up permanent residence
In my heart

Yet you never seem
To pay the rent
Dec 2019 · 234
Snake Charmer
Atlas Dec 2019
Your charm rivaled that of a snake charmer
And perhaps he was the snake
Nov 2019 · 250
Untitled
Atlas Nov 2019
I always did like the spark
More than the fire
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