Newton's Universe

What is our natural state?
At rest, driven by impulse,
falling faster in congruence
with our weight--
conjectures of thought
unobserved and disproven.
Simulating different masses,
there is no difference:
increasing speed at the same rate,
except in the case of resistance.

What is our natural state?
A force that must be reckoned with,
a body in motion
until acted upon.
We just keep moving forward,
accelerating or decelerating
in proportion to our surroundings--
sometimes crashing down,
or thrown out of orbit.

Perhaps it is our natural state
to be caught up in gravity's wake,
consistent with our distance,
falling at the same velocity
relative to our physical place.
Newton's Law relates,
unconcerned with the rotating rock
the train is moving on,
or the ping-pong ball
not bouncing off
the table on which it is played.

The observers perspective implying
a state of constant change:
no absolute position,
no absolute space--
arguing only an absolute time.
An insight eventually revised
while studying
the properties of light.