You still have a way with me even after all these years
you know my soul
so well, so completely that I cannot hide-
sometimes I cannot tell where "I" end
and "you" begin in my heart,
the connection is so intricate, so complete-
the power and passion, so intense
that I am swept up into an ocean
of tenderness and emotions--
yet I do not drown.
Nor am I afraid.
The trust I have in you is clear and unspoken,
true and uninhibited,
pure and uncensored.
You know my thoughts, my heart so well-
as if you orchestrate their
every move.
my soul is knit with yours
and I am pleasantly lost in the fabric
of your enveloping arms.
You clothe me with a sweetness
that I have only known with you
and you keep me warm with a blanket of kindness
and deep, abiding friendship

~ Patti Stephen