Affinity

ebb and flow
groundswell, peter out
instant soulmate, erstwhile friend

bonded for a reason
a godsend for the moment
for a predicament
problem solved
reason extinguished
paths diverge

united for a season
years, decades
lives entwined
braided forever
into other lives
yet seasons end
tangled vines die off
runners separate
put down roots in
foreign soil
as shoots seek our new bonds

other bonds spring
red-hot to life
fuse instant alloy
relationship so right
so tight
so integral
each knows this affinity
abides reasons, seasons, eons