Finding Koi in the Tunnel of Love

Your hand reaches to hold mine,
pulls back as they touch.
Nerves frayed by discomfort,
the pain that sears your wrist
subsides as you turn it
to stroke my arm, reassurance
that no median will separate us.

https://www.osmosis.org/answers/median-nerve

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