Love... One of the most powerful and little known about forces in this world. Obviously, that is a ridiculous statement when we think about some of the well documented physical forces that exist around us, that scientists tell us exist because they have mathematical equations to prove it, such as gravity for instance....but the truth is, when I think of gravity, it does always bring me straight back to thinking about the unseen, intangible but felt force and power of love. Do we have proof of gravity, or simply the power of its force, its effect? I know the weight of my being correlates to the gravity here on earth (9.807 m/s²) because, I'm here sat down and not drifting through the rooms in my house. I know that this is because of gravity because, great men: Sir Isacc Newton, and later Einstein, have told us that gravity is the reason for this. Their equations and experiments have, over centuries really, confirmed this. No, I'm not a scientist, and of course I wouldn't dare dispute this. But I see no difference between knowing that gravity exists and is a powerful, important force in life, and knowing that love too is not just an equally powerful force but one that has had very little scientific observation or validation. Perhaps because love, emotion and the vulnerability it carries with it, is viewed, societally, as a form of weakness. Something feminine, something that is in opposition to war, control and dominance, unlike the applications and realm of the scientific world and discovery.

I feel my ideas are summed up well by Professor Brandt in this clip in Interstellar... 

And equally, in the since debunked letter from Einstein to his daughter Lieserl, where he (the author whoever they were) discussed the idea of the Universal force of love, saying something very similar to what I am... That it is equally as misunderstood as scientifically observed as it is powerful... The fact that it was shown not to be a real letter from the man himself means nothing to me really, it just piqued my curiosity, and as Einstein himself once said:

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing". 

Below is a piece of spoken word, audio art poetry I did sometime ago now about how love can feel like gravity. It is called 24.79 m/s² because that is the gravity on Jupiter, a planet with a much stronger gravitational pull than we have here on Earth. 

The man I wrote this about, once told me that the chemistry between us was like gravity and that unless one of us exited the planet, it was going no where. It was possibly one of the most romantic and poetic things he ever said to me, and being a woman of poetry, it affected me deeply. We are no longer together, but in many ways he was quite right. Times have changed, I've grown and understood I cannot be with him (he is not good for me) but that feeling, that chemistry, still exists between us, but another force has now come into play... Self preservation. The force that enforces distance because it acknowledges that not all forces are equal, and some should not be obeyed. 

Here are the words, in French and English

24.79 m/s²

Waterfalls have nothing upon you

The sheer volume of

Your cascades

Soak me beyond skin

And i

Cannot help but submit 

To this desire for 

Minor death

I am lying, prostrated

At the foot of your well

I am open

Half drunk and

Drinking in the scent

Of you.

You, who shimmer like 

Fata Morgana

You who defy the sun

With the warmth you bring 

To me

Like a honey bee

You. Are. Pollinating 

And I am blossoming 

I am in full receipt.

Volcanoes do not move me

I’ve seen your

Lava flow

Burning hotter than most mere mortals are capable

Deep down deeper 

Than merely below

A 1000 tiny fireworks 

Explode

Throughout the landscape 

Of my being 

And your feelings 

Have grown 

You are silence but i can hear you sing.

The gravity of your sweet night

Kept me baited

For millennia 

Across galaxies and oceans

I waited

My feelings compressed 

Into boxes of fear

And self preservation 

Earth, It would appear

Can no longer hold me

My heart needs to be 

Anchored

Weighted

So of Jupiter i dream

24.79 m / s²

Les chutes d'eau n'ont rien

sur toi 

Le volume de

Ton cascades 

Trempez-moi au-delà de la peau 

Et moi 

Je ne peux pas m'empêcher de soumettre

A ce désir de

Mort mineure

Je mens, prosterné

Au pied de ton puits 

Je suis ouvert 

À moitié ivre et 

En buvant dans l'odeur 

De toi. 

Toi qui scintille comme 

Morgana 

Toi qui défies le soleil 

Avec la chaleur que tu apportes

Pour moi

Comme une abeille 

Toi. Sont. Pollinisation

Et je m'épanouis 

Je reçois en entier.

Les volcans ne me font pas bouger 

J'ai vu

Ton coulée de lave

Brûlant plus chaud que la plupart des simples mortels sont capables

Au fond (plus profond) 

Que juste en dessous

1000 feux d'artifice minuscules

Exploser 

A travers le paysage

De mon être 

Et tes sentiments 

A grandi 

Tu es silencieux mais je peux t'entendre chanter.

La gravité de ta douce nuit

M'a gardé appâté

Depuis des millénaires

À travers les galaxies et les océans 

J'ai attendu 

Mes sentiments compressés 

Dans des boîtes de peur 

Et l'auto-préservation

Terre, il semblerait 

Je ne peux plus me retenir

Mon cœur doit être 

Ancré 

Pondéré 

Donc de Jupiter je rêve ...