Like charges repel, or do they?

they are so much like each other
yet different in some way
he was gradually turning into her moon
towards which her wobbly earth wanted to sway

she thought for long to ask him a question
hesitated a lot as her mind was too frail

for she had those iron walls guarding her heart

which he had the potential to scale

"have you seen the law of electric charges 
– like charges repel – defy? like in real life?"

ask she did, but hoped for a bad answer
for she dreaded that every interaction 
might slowly bring her closer
not that she didn't want those 
lovely meetings to happen
just that she was too tired 
to again let her eyes dampen

as charming as he was, he gave her a charming answer

"yes, I have. only I didn't notice it earlier." 

never mind her guard, she thought 

her heart is where he'd began to sail
however, with the raging hurricane inside her 
she feared that he may not be able to find his way

although he is just like her 
and she is just like him
all she's secretly hoping is that
their slow journey towards each other 
might get a second wind