PHYSICS OF THE HEART
(Gravity is such an insistent thing)

And so I fell
into that headlong rush
infatuation
without even trying
to catch myself

Yes I fell
and it became love
and so was useless
to ward off the bruise
my heart was certain
to receive

And so I fell
in uncertainty
and pain
and fear
waiting to hit bottom

Thus I fell
into love and friendship
which outdistanced
the giddiness of hope
and the ache of desire
and the terror of probability
of so lonely life

Still I fall