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I, Atlas

Beautiful life so often forsaken
Let sounds of the night gently awaken
The burning desire to live

Caught up in the rhythm with no rhyme or reason
I keep running in place with each passing season
To proceed I first must forgive

Forgive myself for not reaching the unattainable
Forgive the world for being so unchangeable
And I must let myself just be

Be merely human. Be free

Tyler Estes is a third-year M.D./M.P.H. student at UAMS.

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Posted on December 10, 2019

Filed Under: all, Poetry

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  1. Kathy Dickey says

    February 6, 2020 at 2:41 pm

    Powerful, and moving. Very moving – thank you.

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