Poem for writerverse

For the writerverse challenge prompt 'Platonic Soulmates'.
I found this hard to write, possibly as it's so important a subject to me, and I didn't want to get caught up in the terminology, let alone the justification that platonic relationships are valuable - though some of that comes through. It feels very raw to me, and I may edit it further at a later date - concrit appreciated.

Zucchini is a term used to describe queerplatonic relationship partners - eg 'she's my zucchini'; you can read a bit about it here. In Britain we call the squash in question courgette so it's probably less bizarre a usage to me in the first place :D
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