¹ Generally, as we examine it
Light is the fastest thing.
Because the interacting fields
are resonant— they ring.

² Light, and mass, and gravity
All do interact
Because they’re made
      of the same stuff
It’s an established fact.

³ Light is bent by gravity,
Especially when it’s strong
The result puts light in orbit
So, we can track its path along

⁴ Since it curves, it takes more time
Than it would in a straight line
So we can beat it in a race
If we can just find that right line

⁵ A short-cut course will get us there
Before that other light
That flows in its curved orbit
On its long distance flight

⁶ We must simply map the heavens
To find that good straight line
Then simply navigate our flight
As our map will then define

⁷ What’s more, we don’t have to
Go as fast as natural light
If the short-cut gets us there
Before the curving flight

⁸ But it seems so funny
To call it “warp” speed
Because it’s just a short cut
From our map we simply read

⁹ It’s not our speed that has the warp
It’s the picture from above
That’s warped by gravity
It’s the short-cut that we love.

And they thought it was all so difficult!