When you’re awash in love, having all of your needs met, in stable relationships, and with a full calendar that precludes taking on any more –yet you feel that yearning for even more connection, even more reward, even more love to give and receive.
To want all that even when it’s neither possible nor even sensible – that’s pretty powerful stuff.
If polyamory could be sold in powder form, it would probably be illegal, or at least controlled.