Posted on December 15, 2017September 7, 2018
by Brian Geiger | Editor of Vita Brevis

Reflecting Atlas

Submitted by Nicholas Catron

What mountain must I bear today?
An Atlas cousin, I must confess.
With the rain that’s weighing heavy,
I’m left to drown in this swelling mess.
Yet, where are the heroes, swords in hand?
For dragons need killing this day.
Could it be that gravity has its own plans?
Leaving me alone to wear this weight.

Photo credit: Sisyphus by Titian

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Jeremy Mifsud says:

December 15, 2017 at 4:18 pm

wow! nice poem Nicholas

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1. authornicholascatron77 says:
  
  December 15, 2017 at 5:06 pm
  
  Thank you very much Jeremy!
  
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ivors20 says:

December 16, 2017 at 10:35 am

What a thoughtful flow of connecting words you carried forward, and the last two lines were somberly sublime.

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1. authornicholascatron77 says:
  
  December 21, 2017 at 11:02 pm
  
  Thank you very much Ivors20
  
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The Cheesesellers Wife says:

December 17, 2017 at 9:18 am

Lovely effortless rhyming…

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1. authornicholascatron77 says:
  
  December 21, 2017 at 11:02 pm
  
  Thank you 🙂 I appreciate the time you took to read it
  
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