5 digits

just like subduction plate tectonics,
the way the earth's crust meets to form mountains,
the skin next to each of your eyes
fold to form epithelial orogens
every time you laugh.

i fell in love with you embarrassingly quick
and just the other day inside your hammock
I could've sworn your body became an extension of my own.

i felt my nerves growing into yours
the way a plant's root chases the nutrients in soil.

i can count on one hand all my trials and errors,
and i know in my heart you wont make it to the next hand.