Hello, my friends!
Being the jaded New Englanders we are, my wife, my daughters, and I have always had a bit of snarky contempt for the ubiquitous idiom “I love you to the moon and back.”
No offense directly intended to anyone enamored with its hyperbolic chidren’s book sentiment. Just not a fan myself.
I absolutely understand that some of you probably adore the phrase… maybe even have some deep sentimental value to it… great.
That’s the beauty of opinions… isn’t it? My grandpa famously (and indelicately) said, “Opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one.” π€£
This poem was simply having fun poking at this “moon & back” saying… then extending the expression to its disastrous extreme. Hope you enjoy the tragic farce.
Please let me know your thoughts in the Comments Section below.
-PS Conway β β β

β β β β β
gravity
you loved me
to the moon and back
or so you claimed
so we made our home
high in the night sky
on a lunar plain
where love was our oxygen
our souls felt no pain
and our food-starved bodies
fed off each other
a hunger uncontained
but love is never enough
isnβt that right, my love?
the enormity of gravity
will have its way
our passion could never sustain
the tug of mortality
the aching need to be more
starving enough in ways
that the fantasy fades
and we succumb
to the pull of gravity
fall separately
back to earth
Oh I really like this and of course your Grandpa’s words. π€£π₯°
Ha! Awesome – yeah grandpa had a way with words lol ππ»π·πΉβ¨π
If I read this right, that one word βseparatelyβ keeps their fall back to earth from just increasing the distance between them and the moon, therefore, increasing their love for one another. Great literary piece!
Love this comment, PS! Cheers my friend πΉπ·ππ»πβ¨
It’s hard to sustain a lusty new relationship when there’s no food on the table. Somehow reality always kicks in and we fall from the dizzying heights of new love. Well expressed Pat.
Thanks so much, Naomi! True words indeed, my friend. ππΉππ»π·β¨
Masterful writing at it’s best!
What a truly wonderful thing to say, Elena. Thank you so much! ππππ»πΉπ·β¨