Entanglement

Two meet and fall in love.
They grow together
and make the pledge.
They acquire things.
A house, cars.
Children and careers.
They become busy bodies
making their lives
more pleasurable,
more comfortable.

Through the years love
once the only thing that mattered
becomes obscured
by the fogs brought in
by distractions and other desires.

Two in need of the forgotten focus
find themselves entangled.
They cannot part
without tearing out roots
now deep inside their foundations.

The pain of pulling
goes well beyond death.