Falling

In physics, gravity is a fundamental interaction primarily observed as mutual attraction between all things that have mass.

My mother fell to her death.

The mass of her body and the mass of the earth were mutually attracted to

each other.

Without her will working to keep them apart,

they came together.

Gravity is, by far, the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, approximately 1038 times weaker than the strong interaction, 1036 times weaker than the electromagnetic force and 1029 times weaker than the weak interaction.

 1029 times weaker than the weak interaction, but there she was,

on her back, quite surrendered.

The earth is so big and she was just tiny so

she came to it. In her death,

she fell.

As a result, it has no significant influence at the level of subatomic particles.

If she had been tinier still

it would have held no sway

over her. She could be floating,

uninfluenced.

I'm glad for her mass and their reunion. They seemed at ease there, back to belly.

However, gravity is the most significant interaction between objects at the macroscopic scale, and it determines the motion of planets, stars, galaxies, and even light.

Even light. That makes sense - the mass of my light.

I hope it's falling

back into hers.

 -Laura