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Thomas Wedge's avatar

Thank you for this beautiful poem that reminded me of Newton's law of gravitation which says every object in the universe attracts every other object with a force called gravity. In my own life I fell in love and married a beautiful woman with an elliptical orbit. We had children like stars that fall to earth too. And like Halley's comet she showed up every 75 years (in truth more regular than that) and was brilliant, present, visible, only to shoot off on her longer journeys without me or the boys. I did not have enough gravity to pull her in, but she knew where I was. Looking at it this way, the grief cannot accumlate even though we parted for good. I would like to submit some stories/poems to your Medium male story platform, (It has a wonderful name I forget right now) but I am not a member of Medium. What do you suggest. My email is wedgeseeds@gmail.com Namaste. TW

Christina Elaine's avatar

I would love that I will send you an email!

Rodney Walter's avatar

Wow, beautifluly written! It caused me to tear up

...And Life, feral and curious, circled back...

Thank you😎

Christina Elaine's avatar

Yeah life is like a little curious squirrel sometimes isn't it.

John Whalley's avatar

👀

Kitty P's avatar

This is fantastic. I have an affinity towards the concept of gravity and describing myself in those terms. I love that even though this is something I already think about, you've given me a new perspective. Gorgeous. Shared it with my lady friends this morning.

Christina Elaine's avatar

Thank you so much for sharing. Yeah I think in all these frames floating around us of what women "should" be... this is what I want to be.