Relationships Poem by John Sensele

Ribbons of emotions bind people to one another,
Every human heart seeks other people,
Love is powered by dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin,
Attachment, attraction and lust affect people in varying degrees,
The effect of love chemicals is to suppress reason when people fall in love.
Indeed, folks actively seek relationships,
Overtly or covertly to meet social needs.
Natural needs attract people to one another in diverse ways,
Socialisation teaches children to participate in relationships,
Happiness and unhappiness flow from interaction within societies,
Increases of love chemicals observed during sophisticated brain scans,
Passionate love together with companionate love and sexual desire drive gregarious agenda,
Search for human warmth is inborn.