Till Death Do Us Part

It is not the prudence of economic
acumen that prompts certain
investments based on a far more
fundamental human need. That need 
to forge an essential emotional bond
of  companionship to last a lifetime,
long after the first urgencies of the
bedroom and the nursery, basic
to the first order of the survival code
we obey, but well beyond, to the
inner core of our being, to satisfy
that need of binary comfort and
security we name love. The unquenchable
devotion that exists between those who
have graced their lives as faithful
tender companions, returning trust 
with cherishing trust turns priceless
with maturing memories whose
sharing intimacy reflects that timeless
need fulfilled from youth to the
infinity of a lifetime, whose finale
blind fortune alone gracefully decides.