Separation Anxiety

Forming a bond is a lot like..

 ...super glue-ing the ends of your arm hairs to someone else's.

It's fun to do at the time, intricate and exciting,

it's different, nothing like anything you've ever felt before.

Goosebumps pop up all over your body, 

and every time your skin touches theirs,

your heart starts beating to a different rhythm,

their rhythm.

Oh! it's a beautiful thing,
the process of connecting with another person,
that effortless reciprocated need to be in contact with them,
the moments where you sit together in silence,
using only your breathing patterns to communicate,
followed by the burst of magic you feel with every kiss.

"The beautiful thing about love is that, 

you don't need any qualification to express or experience it. 

It's natural, 

we're made from it and born with it."

I think this is where the phrase :

"it's too good to be true" comes from,

and subsequently where the phrase :

 "honeymoon phase" comes from too,

because in some cases (most),

  it actually doesn't last.

Then you're stuck without it,

your drug, your love, 

but you're left with a seemingly simple task,

and whichever way you decide to look at it,

it's going to push your pain threshold to it's boarders and limits.

It's either you both count to three and rip away from each other at the same time,

or one of you will hold on for far too long,

and inevitably get dragged,

through the metaphorical mud of that person's next life.

, 

Objectively, the task is choosing between

short term pain and long term pain,

either way it's pain,

and one can grow through it.

I think that separation anxiety is a remarkable thing,
the ability to feel the absence of a person,
right down to your core.
It's an addictive feeling,
this is the main reason why people get pets,
to feel needed, depended upon,
useful.

I mean i get it, 

i just don't necessarily agree with it.

It just doesn't sit well with me anymore,

 and it's partly because i'm guilty of it.

We all know that no pet can live forever,

most pet owners outlive their pets,  

yet we wholeheartedly give of ourselves,

get addicted to a feeling,

an immeasurable alliance,

one that will inevitably end in separation,

and we do it for the thrill.

I don't have pets, 

i do it with people,

and yes,

it is as painful as it sounds.