gravity
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i would rather fall
head over heels in love
with gravity
than spend another millisecond
falling for you.
because with gravity, i can be sure
of the shattering smash of the
glass dropped from the fourth floor balcony
but with you, i can never seem to
brace myself for the fall from
friends to lovers and back to friends
all in the matter of an hour.
you see, gravity never lies to me,
it never scrambles my thoughts or
leaves me dumb, speechless with
words slipping through my hands like water
cold to the touch
and no matter how tightly i cup my palms
no matter how closely i clench my fists,
i am left with insubstantial droplets,
my substance splattered like rainfall.
gravity is a loyal constant,
a given, unchanging.
my infatuation with your
childish indecisiveness can only
last so long
but gravity,
gravity i'd spend my life with.
because i'm starting to feel that
a ten story fall
ending with a certain awful crash
will somehow hurt less than
wallowing in your unpredictability.