pull
gravity, they say, is
the power that intuits the
growth of all things green,
the power that brings
my skin, my bones
to a place of quiet rest
gravity is a lesson
to be learned;
the moment when
one realizes that
omnipotent forces exist
waiting to be met
my son with his
splintered bones
like old wood,
has come to know
the meaning behind
this lesson
has lost the notions
that flight is possible
and that the ground
is soft and yielding
like my lap
this metamorphosis
is more that osteocytes
meeting and re-connecting
his world has shifted - physics 101
to take from him
this moment
would be liberating for me
yet he has chosen to
meet the world
hands down
