Mortar

You experience intimacy
In proximity —
Of someone

To preserve that —
Through proximity
You get married

Realising — sooner or later —
That proximity does not create
Even forecloses —
Intimacy

Too late —
You got duped — even wilfully —
Intimacy and exclusive relationship
Are mutually exclusive

Loss of intimacy —
Is the price — you paid —
To be the mortar
Of society