What is this chemistry that lights my soul

and flings salt into tear ladened eyes?

What is this chemistry that chokes my breath

and quakes my chest with shaking sobs?

What is this chemistry that cause grief

when silk soft thoughts caress my mind?

What is this chemistry that lifts me up

and just as quickly flings me down?

Surely this cannot be love,

therefore, it must be chemistry!

 
 

David Garlick, @ 35,000 feet, September, 1999