Separate, they were elemental,
drifting, waiting for a positive outcome.
Together, they were a chemical reaction,
more than either was before,
each essential to the bond,
each enjoying, not just the possibilities,
but what two together could make happen.
©February 2018, Christina Anne Hawthorne
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I’ve always thought love was rather like a valence matching — each offering the other something the other doesn’t have. 🙂
Yes, that’s how I see it. That’s how it should be. 🙂