Coupled

Coupled.

Isn't it wonderful?  There's just something about being in a coupled, committed, joined situation that we can't seem to do without it.  The desire to be with someone is so strong that we define our lives by the person we're in a relationship with.  It's not restricted to humans, either; every entity, sentient or not, big, little, wild, tame, exotic, domestic, tart or tasty, everything yearns to be coupled.  Isn't it sad, then, that some of those who feel, as we do, that being involved with someone is one of life's great pleasures, would go out of their way to deny that same powerful feeling to those who love someone of their own gender?  Look at the pictures above.  Do they look like they're coupled?  Yes, they certainly do.  Do they appear to be happy?  Content?  Fulfilled?  Yes, they do.  Can you tell the gender of any of these figures? No, you cannot.  Love has no gender, no way to differentiate gender, and it doesn't matter.

And neither should we.