I have a thought
that gravity's
a subtle form
of love

Love that holds on
as bodies move
through fearful
distances

The moon around
the earth around
the sun in its
two hundred

fifty million year spin
circling the center
of this pinwheel
galaxy

And though someone
who's falling from
a ladder or
a tree

Might not see things
as I do
deep in my bones
I feel

The comfort of
a mother's strong
embrace
holding me here

Keeping me safely
tethered to
the earth
or else I float

Off into space
but when
with all your weight
you lie on me

As we stretch naked
in our bed
and snuggle
before sleep

Then gravity is
all of love
I need to
hush all cares

You holding me
in orbit
as we dance
among the stars