“Gravity”: When Love Isn’t Enough

Some poems are meant to be read. Others are meant to be felt. This one — “Gravity” — poured out of me in the middle of heartbreak, reflection, and clarity. It’s that moment when you realize love doesn’t always hold everything together — that sometimes, even when the connection is deep, life’s pull in different directions is stronger.

If you’re reading this, know that I’ll also be sharing an audio version — because this one carries a rhythm, a tone, a heartbeat that feels different when spoken aloud.

Poem: “Gravity”

And that’s a fact
It shouldn’t be like that
We should be fat
And yet

We’re skin and bones
Trying to find a way to get on
Through the dark
Through the night
Through the pain
Through the strife

If love was enough we’d have it all
We’d protect and secure…the bag

I guess it wasn’t enough
Damn, that’s tough
It feels so rough
To deal with all our stuff

Day and night (Kid Cudi voice)
Is this love
Is this love
Is this love that I’m feeling? (Bob Marley voice)

Dreams
Made us feel like a team
Until the dream became a stream

Leading to different directions
Different cares
Different priorities
Different shackles
Different liberties

We want different stuff?
That couldn’t be true!
You want me and
I want you

Oh…that’s not true
You want you
To be elsewhere
Without me

Without me
Without me
Without me

Set me free!!

This can’t be
we’re meant to be
What a parody

Gravity is working against me
And gravity,
wants to bring me down (John Mayer voice)

Reflection

This poem is a journey — through heartbreak, denial, and the slow acceptance that sometimes love just isn’t enough. It’s not that love disappears; it just changes form. “Gravity” represents that invisible pull we all feel when something we thought would last begins to drift apart.

I wrote this during a time when I was trying to understand why things fall apart even when the feelings are still real. And I realized — it’s not always about failure. Sometimes it’s about freedom. Sometimes, the pull that feels like gravity working against you is actually life working for you — pulling you back to yourself.

Recording this piece reminded me that poetry doesn’t have to resolve neatly. It just has to tell the truth. And the truth is, endings can be beautiful too — even when they hurt.

✨ TAG, You’re It!

Reflect with me:

Have you ever experienced a kind of “gravity” that pulled you away from something you loved but needed to let go of?
How can you honor both the pain and the purpose in that pull?