The lovers unite, destinies unfulfilled,
offering smiles and eager eyes.
Stories exchanged.
Do they portend the future?
Or recall their sorrowful pasts?

Linked by desire, with absolute clarity,
a cruel mirror held aloft,
examining their souls.
Passions and fears revealed,
within, and to the other.

Dissimilar lives on meandering paths,
a confluence of convenience.
Discerning needs,
they embark on a journey,
that only ends in heartache.

Malleable intimacy,
often times unattainable.
But in this moment,
these two souls have meaning,
and their future is soft placeured.

Another flame flickers to life,
a beacon for these lonely souls,
beckoning them to shore.
Soon, everything will fade,
their inevitable destiny.