Alison Cassidy - Gravity

Gravity
is the expression
on the stern teacher's face,
the voice
of the wigged judge
passing sentence.

It is Wol's
'crustomary proceedcake'
and Eeyore's 'how'.

It is the root
that holds us to the earth,
the anchor
that settles the restless boat of our desire,
the spark
from which our poetic fire
ignites
with light and lust
to touch the sun.

It is
as 'constant
as the northern star',
as predictable as the next breath.
It reminds us
that we all have faith -
even the atheists.

Alison Cassidy

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