I Carry The World

I Carry The World

I walk beneath a sky that will not bend,

With weight pressed hard against my fragile spine.

The world sits heavy on my aching back,

Its storms and wars chained tightly to my bones.

Each shattered hope adds stone upon the pile,

Each cruel word drives deeper into skin.

I hear the cries that echo through the dark,

The silent prayers that never reach the air.

Broken dreams scatter sharp across my path,

And I bleed quietly where no one sees.

The crowd moves past with careful, distant eyes,

As if my sorrow carries some disease.

Happiness once knocked upon my door,

But found no room beneath this crushing load.

Rejected light stands trembling at the edge,

Afraid to touch the ruin I have grown.

Alone, I bend beneath unspoken blame,

A ghost among the living, half erased.

The ground is cold, unyielding to my knees,

Chains bite with every desperate step I take.

I carry grief for those who will not feel,

For all the hearts too tired to even break.

Inside my chest a hollow wind replies,

There is no rest for you, not yet, not yet.

Still somewhere deep beneath the ash and dust,

A stubborn spark refuses to go out.

Though sadness stains the corners of my breath,

Though joy feels foreign, distant, almost cruel.

I stand, though cracked and trembling in the dark,

And bear the world because I must endure.

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