Tattoo

Into my skin your name I did tattoo
So a part of me will always touch you
Your touch has changed my life for always and for good
So I wear your name like a merit badge of love

It's an odd thing, this disfigurement of skin
If my body is my temple, is this defacement sin?
I swear by the blood pulsing through my veins
This art is sacred that shapes your name

All my life, my loving, my learning, my losing
Has all been for this
And this alone to make me worthy of your kiss
Around my arm in a twisted band of blue
I wear my heart, your name, my new tattoo
Deep, dark, dusky blue
My new tattoo

It can't be removed like the ring from a finger
Indelibly printed it will always linger
It fills me up to always see
A part of you as part of me

All my life, my loving, my learning, my losing
Has all been for this
And this alone to make me worthy of your kiss
Around my arm in a twisted band of blue
I wear my heart, your name, my new tattoo
Deep, dark, dusky blue
My new tattoo
My new tattoo