I loved you before i ever touched you

i loved you before i ever touched you.
please understand this love started way before physicality came into play.
it stemmed from the bareness of your soul,
not your bare body.
i fell in love with your naked mind,
not your beautiful naked body.
it wasn't that sexy seductive look in your eyes that captured my attention,
but the vulnerability & hurt you still carried.
i wanted to know what it was like inside of you,
but by that i mean in your mind,
what are your fears?
your hopes?
what are your dreams?
what have you seen?
what are the experiences that merged together & created the beautiful yet broken girl standing in front of me?
who was responsible for your broken heart & your inability to trust?
what mistakes have you made in your past that keeps telling you that you arent good enough;
that you don't deserve to be loved?
i wanted to be inside your mind,
i wanted to be in the darkest parts of your heart,
i wanted to be here from the start,
from the day you put yourself back together from all the pain that you felt broke you.
i wanted to be here from the day you decided to break the shackles that took your freedom away,
the freedom to love wholeheartedly,
to give your all,
the day you destroyed fear,
the disease that spread from your mind to your heart.
i wanted to be here the day you finally let someone else in, & i wanted that person to be me.  
my love don't you see?
i loved you before i ever touched you,
because i fell in love with the person i knew that broken girl could be,
the girl that today stands tall in front of me.
the girl that today fully knows her worth,
the girl that despite the fear she holds no longer allows it to control her hope.
because you have hope & faith that i'll never hurt you,
that our love & bond can last,
& it will.
i loved you before i ever touched you,
loving you endlessly,
because my love for you will never cease.