COUNTING

Not everything that can be counted counts,

and not everything that counts can be counted.

— Albert Einstein

On fingers

or with numbers.

An abacus or a slide rule.

Through theorems or calculus.

What if these methods

won’t work?

What if

what is really worth

counting

can’t be counted,

because no manner

of measurement

or calculation

is fit to the task?

This is the way it is with

trust, love and gratitude.

They are unquantifiable.

There is no integer or derivative

that will equal

the sums they carry.