I think that chemistry is the right word because it is, built into us part of our survival gene. We must mate's while we are young because death is so close. Thousands of years ago, that chemistry would have led to coupling, and perhaps a baby that may or may not live until childbearing age.

So, when we have that wonderful urge and seem to have found the ideal one, we must realize that we are not monogamous genetically, just socially. We are made to have chemistry with more than one, so that our genetic line will carry on to the next generation. Even with strict social controls, our population is out of hand as a result of this "chemistry" in operation.

Ron

This is a very perplexing poem, causes one to wonder about this physical phenomenon we call "chemistry" and why we at first feel it so intensely and why it suddenly cools off without warning. Could it be because this thing called "chemistry" between two people is merely a romantic ideology not based in reality? But why question it, just enjoy it while we feel it and replay the memory of it when we need to remind ourselves that we felt it once and we can feel it once again. In the words of philosopher Herman Hesse, "The true [path] of man is finding his way to himself."