Relationships

Relationships

Relationships can be like two trees 

growing side by side in the forest, 

each striving for the sun, 

each growing taller and taller, 

as they are crowded out by their counterparts,

their partner 

as well as all those around them,

always reaching higher and higher,
the tiny limbs of self-exploration
withering,
inching up the woody stem,
until one wins
and one loses
submitting and bowing head
as the stronger
(or luckier)
reaches the sun,
while the other nearly dies.

Or it can be a nearly futile battle...
where a strangling vine
from the ground
smothers one completely,
but still it thrives,
completely independent of itself,
and others.

But it can also be like two wild mustangs,
roaming free...
together, yet apart.
A team together
and a team when alone.
Exploring and loving,
Experimenting and living.
Dreams, aspirations...
but coming together when needed
into the herd
like a flock of birds
to share the happiness.

This is what I think it should be....

K.M.Q.F.
2/12/14