magnets pt. 1 and 2

magnets pt 1

my mom just explained to me that the universe is composed of magnets

and all of life is being pulled in one direction or another.

she called this the great attractor

more commonly known as the grand magentic force, she explained.

she then promised that i could never be misled if i listened.

so i'm trying to

as i sit in the airport terminal.

which makes me wonder if this force could be a sinister one.

if today will be the day that a magnet tears my plane from the sky.

magnets pt 2 (after i survived my flight)

the magnet idea sort of sounds like bullshit to me.

pretty bullshit, though. artistic and meaningful.

lies and fantasy have their places in my reality.

so i'll adhere to this idea surrender to the grand attractor.

let it be that all the things,

then or now

all the moments

significant or not

all the people

i've loved or disregarded

were goverened by magnets that push and pull us around.

if that was the case, and i had nothing to do with any of it

i'd still have to wonder if your leaving was

a push

or a pull.

at least i'd know there's no sense in trying to hold on.