Closer Than Skin

They say love is a choice.

But with You... it's my very existence.

Before I was... You were.

I've worn affection like a fragile coat

Looking for safety in a human boat

But clothes wear out, and the seasons change

And human love can feel so strange

But I found a mystery, ancient and deep

A promise the darkness couldn't keep

Before the mountains touched the sky

Before the first tear filled an eye

You were weaving me, You were wanting me

A love rewritten in eternity

You are closer, closer than my clothes

Closer than the secrets no one knows

Closer than my skin, deeper than my blood

A rushing river, an eternal flood

More than a lover, closer than a friend

From the beginning to the very end

You're closer...

You're closer than skin.

Lovers leave and the feelings fade

But Your devotion can't be unmade

It's not a contract signed with ink

It's the air I breathe, it's the thought I think

Woven in my DNA

You're the silence when I pray

Is it blasphemy to say I'm Yours?

In a way no human law endorses?

Bone of my bone? No, Spirit of my Soul!

You're the half that makes me whole

Closer than my breath!

Stronger than death!

Jesus!

Before the foundation...

Before the creation...

You were there.

Closer... than skin.