Author’s Reflection

“Skin to Skin”

“Skin to Skin” was written as a sensual LGBTQ+ love song — a song about closeness, desire, passion, and the beauty of two people giving themselves to each other without shame. This is not just about physical touch. It is about intimacy, trust, and the kind of connection where the body, heart, and soul all meet in the same moment.

For me, this song celebrates gay love in a way that is open, honest, and human. LGBTQ+ intimacy has too often been judged, hidden, or treated like something that should stay in the shadows. “Skin to Skin” pushes against that. It says our love is real. Our passion is real. Our bodies are not wrong. Our desire deserves to be sung about with the same beauty, heat, and tenderness as anyone else’s.

This song is meant to feel warm, slow, sensual, and close — like two people wrapped up in each other, safe enough to let the world disappear. It is about touch, but it is also about being wanted. It is about the power of feeling someone choose you, hold you, and love you exactly as you are.

Writing “Skin to Skin” gave me a way to honor LGBTQ+ love without apologizing for its sensuality. Love-making can be passionate, emotional, spiritual, and deeply healing when it comes from trust and connection. This song is about that sacred space between two lovers where there is no judgment, no fear, and no need to hide.

“Skin to Skin” is for the lovers who had to keep quiet, the couples who were told their love was wrong, and anyone who has ever found freedom in someone else’s arms. It is a song about desire, tenderness, heat, and the right to love openly.

At its heart, “Skin to Skin” is about two people becoming honest with each other through touch — body to body, heart to heart, truth to truth.

— FreeSpirit