Dark Matter
It felt so massive then
But seems slight today,
In the hours of daylight –
As decisions get made.
What gravity held us together?
Invisible substance accounted
For so much attachment
Even as the proof revealed itself,
As intimacy wasted.
Dark matter composed our universe –
Mysterious, hypothetical
No one could observe
What pulled us in
(As normal matter can).
We have so little evidence
Except for light distorted
Over vast distances,
Remote and froze over.
So much time spent disputing
What stuff unseen drew us in –
Enlightened, now, and no longer
Afraid of the dark.
Copyright © Irene Hammer | Year Posted 2013
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