Bernard Barclay Poet Narrative

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

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