Angel Piscola

Gravity

poem

I wonder what makes
a binary system tick?
two stars in orbit,
knowing they are
too hot to touch
but never wanting
to leave

And when they were first discovered,
did the scientists see
not a story of
predestined destruction
but a miracle of
circumstance
and luck
that made these two
blazing spheres
circle endlessly,
tirelessly,
until time itself
crashes down on them

What is gravity?
if not
two celestial giants
pulling towards each other
wordlessly
and never
letting go

What is love?
if not
two planets
colliding
exploding
in rapture
combining life forces
and making something
new