Read Me

About my love for tattoos...

I want to be a picture book

Inked up and carefully written

Telling a story

Of days of old

And days not yet to come

I want the pages of my skin

To paint beautiful images

A portrait of a life, my life

I want the etchings of my soul

To bleed out a permanent black

Covering me in my own existence

I want to be read

Like a beloved narrative

A favorite book

You look over countless times

Each torn frayed edge

Signifying an undying love

For a blank canvas

Brought to life

With the engravings

Of needles on flesh

I want to be a picture book