the science of love

they taught us relativity, gravity, and energy
explained photosynthesis and chemical reactions
told us where we came from and how we continue to exist
but
they can't describe in textbooks that exact moment when the air cracks
and your lips meet my skin,
the thousand reactions that happen
they'll try
until they think they've figured it out
they'll fill blackboards with their findings
but all they will have is chalky, dusty fingers
and i'll still have you