Ionic Bond

When I find myself among a sea of negative ions, Forcing, pushing, trying to keep distance, Repelling from my indistinguished negative charge, You are a positive ion. You could say I am attracted to you. Because this ionic bond That we form when we are together Won’t break for even a chemical reaction. This electrostatic attraction Has insane lattice energy Born-Haber can’t calculate its potential A potential spawned because We both have our faults A low ionization energy But that keeps things stable And I might have lost a couple electrons here and there But it seems that you have picked them up. You didn’t steal them, For this bond isn’t covalent. Even if you did steal my heart Instead you found the electrons I left behind, You gathered them and took them in as your own So that one day they could be returned. One day they would pull us together. So even though it is our opposite charges that attract It is what we share that lets the energy conduct So I am the chlorine and you are the sodium And this electrovalent bond is something Strange and new Something unpredictable Something full of firsts and Something unlike anything I’ve ever felt before Because for once I want to be cliche For once my compound is strong For once the structure is noble The sea of copies isn’t intimidating Because somewhere in there is you And even in a massive crowd I’m drawn to you Bound to this ionic bond.