Poems by Patricia Petro

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We came together
fingers laced
like parts of a puzzle
on me like paint
on the wall shadows played
my heart clung to his
words dripping with honey
bees swarmed in my head
drawing me in love
deep as an ocean
   not a gotta-have-him
      hog-tie-and-brand-him
         make-him-mine kind of love
something sweeter
that just seemed to flow naturally
from the very core of my being
   he washed over me
      like warm island water
and I ached for him long
after he was gone