Laden By The Divine

 i am not Atlas

and i do not want to hold up your world anymore.

For a long while i didn't realize i was carrying it,

but then the weight began to crumble me

as you heaped heavy on top of heavy

like it was no matter,

and you stole the things i wanted to carry

to make room for your festering hoard on my shoulders.

All these years collecting your latent madness,

only to find the measure with which i measured

would not be measured out to me.

And you will feel the teeth of my unburdening.