Epigrams on Gravity

by Brett Rutherford

1

Gravity unkind to flesh,

the reason old folks

go not about

without their clothing,

what's up's

antithesis

2

Gravity,

the suicide's best friend

at cliff-edge, bridge

railing and tower-top

3

Avenging force,

weaver of sink-holes

that swallow the wicked,

lord of the nine-day fall

from here to hell

4

Gravity, the first

of the race of Titans,

the resultant between

creation's messy chaos

and the collapse to null

5

Gravity felt everywhere

and instantly, speed

of light no barrier,

transcendent yet not

a thing in itself --

no I and Thou

concerning Gravity --

not even a force

so-called, it is

the price of being.