Physical Love

Without warning, he asks me
And our energy becomes potential.
Stretched by my inertia and his kinetic force,
The whole cannot remain constant.
The velocity is staggering before I say a word.
We are accelerating through supersonic silence,
His question hanging, creating shock waves
That radiate, exploding the sky.
He is drowning in this supernova suicide,
And I, as his companion in this
Binary system, cannot outshine him
Nor can I resist his mass as we collapse
Underneath the weight of this gravity.
"Is this love?" he asks again, as we spiral,
Twisted together and fragmented.
"Is this love?"
And my answer comes beyond the event horizon.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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June 26, 2010 at 5:23 AM
Clever take on love Kristen, a warm welcome to the Soup to you >> James
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June 25, 2010 at 2:21 PM
I like the scientific integration and comparative analysis in the poem. It flows very well and is unique and imaginative. Welcome to Poetry Soup and keep writing. Blessings, Joseph
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