We often remark collectively
The curious quickness and languidness
Of supposed objectively measured time
Yet
Never truly resolving how could
Fixed increments differ
So significantly and equally
To different close observers
Perhaps it is thus:
That spacetime is a gravitationally
Wrinkled fabric
Measured with a rigid rule
A linear distance
With unseen folds and faults
Unaccounted for in the straight line
That like mountains and valleys
Unable to cross directly in flight
For the haplessly wingless of us
We must climb over and fall through
Therefore adding to the voyage
Time closer to the truth
And mountains and valleys endless
There must have been for us both
To climb over and fall through
In that indivisible fleeting moment
When my eyes first met yours
And mountains and valleys endless
There must still be for us both
In every indivisible fleeting moment-
Again and again, forevermore-
Whenever my eyes meet yours
For such is our love's 'DENSITY'
For such is our love's gravity
They must all be the ceaseless ripples
From our two ever embracing
Neutron star souls
Dates of this poem:
Version 1: January 19, 2019
Version 2: May 11, 2019