rings and fingers

the distance from my house to the place where D was living when i first met him is roughly 575 miles. i left after work on friday, march 9, at approximately 6 pm mountain standard time, and arrived at his door at roughly 3 am central time on saturday march 10.
i don't know how to explain that meeting, really, beyond it being incredibly revelatory in many ways.
at that time, i wore two rings. neither had left their appointed finger for at least four years. one was a tiger-striped agate set in hammered silver that i wore, and still wear, on my right ring finger. the other was a silver sun face, worn on my left thumb.
when i left, i gave david the sun ring. he put it on his right ring finger, and he doesn't take it off.
when i am missing him, my thumb itches where the ring used to sit.