Newton’s third law of motion

#denial #science #newtonslawofmotion #realitycheck (at Gresham, Oregon)

Newton's first law: an object either remains at rest or continues to move at a constant velocity until acted on by an external force. I never expected Ace to be an external. No one is really at rest anymore, not since our minds filled with questions. Attempts were made, of course, to regain our period of rest - meditation, yoga, drugs - but humanity has become too restless. It is no longer in our nature to remain at rest. So we continue to move, thinking of how we can change and the paths we'll journey down, yet always alert to the speed of the ones before us. Some people never get hit by an external, others by many. I thought I'd had my share, but then Ace came. I tried to steer clear of him, but externals are persistant. He forced me to stop. Newton's second law: the power of an external force is calculated by the mass of an object multiplied by acceleration, F=ma. Ace was never supposed to be part of the equation. It didn't make any sense. His mass did not equate to the weight of the words the hung heavy in the air after leaving chapped, bleeding lips and settling into my mind. But then again, perhaps it was me, tiny and fragile, that allowed him to become an external. The acceleration of it all snatched the air from my lungs. He thrusted me forward at a speed I knew not how to control. Newton's third law: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The thing is, Ace may be my external, but it turns out that I'm his.