Gravity
Gravity, Gravity
where for out thou Gravity
what is Gravity
an elusive mild force
Scientists
look for a Graviton
a small theological subatomic particle
that creates the slight force
We know as gravity
yet to my knowledge
the graviton
has never been found
Einstein believed
Gravity
was created
by the curvature
of space and time
that like a blanket
wraps itself around the planet
keeping us stable on the earth
but if that was the case
why would the moon's gravity
affect the tides of the earth
why would the suns gravity
keep us in orbit around the sun
I'm not as clever as Einstein
yet it gravity was the curvature
of space and time
wouldn't each planet's gravity
be limited to that planet only
scientists must agree to a certain level
because they look for the elusive graviton
Yet the thought goes through my mind
couldn't gravity be created by normal atoms
atoms attract other atoms
hydrogen links with oxygen to make water
Hydrogen is the only atom
without neutrons
Hydrogen has only electrons and protons
proton stay at the center of the atom the nucleus
negatively charged electrons
spin around the nucleus
in what is called the valence energy level
hydrogen has only one electron
The first valence energy level
requires two electrons to become full
so hydrogen attracts another electron
to become complete
Oxygen has eight electrons
the first valence energy level is full
but the second valence energy level
has only six electrons and requires eight
so the oxygen atom needs to attract
two electrons to fill its valence energy level
two hydrogen atoms link with the oxygen atom
sharing electrons to complete their valence energy levels
and so we have water or H20
now what happens if there is just
a mild attraction left after the atoms are linked
could that mild attraction not be Gravity
Could all matter, simply be attracted to matter
that would explain why the earth's gravity
is six times stronger than the moon
the moon has six times less matter
That would explain why we are in orbit
around the sun because the matter of the sun
attracts the earth towards the sun
but the vacuum of space pulls us away from the sun
I am not Einstein
I am not a scientist
and yet sometimes
all you need is a kid
To say "take the air out of the tires"
to get the truck to go under the bridge"
I'm not sure if I'm right
it would be nice to know the truth
Copyright © Bernard Barclay | Year Posted 2020
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