Gravity Poem by Barry Middleton

long before that fateful apple
struck Newton on the head

every man who ever lived
knew some day he'd be dead

since the day that we were born
gravity drags us down

it took a year to learn to walk
to see what could be found

Newton said be glad it's here
or we would float away

but still it never lets us go
it always has its way

in age it drags us to the Earth
we ride it like a wave

Einstein claimed that's what it is
that pulls us toward the grave