Tattooed?

I am going to go get a tattoo soon so I thought I would write out my anxieties with the idea, and give it a little humor.

I sit in fear, 

the dangerous idea ever so near.

I sit in wait, 

I imagine the artist wielding this paint brush,

 must be a creature of unspeakable hate.

Inflicting such pain. 

Oh, this flower he now stains.

But I must remember I begged, 

I paid, 

and I sit in this chair plainly inane.

Surely I’m insane. 

What has gone wrong between my mouth, 

my actions, 

and my brain.

This flower destined to bloom, 

in such a creepy room,

But beauty is in the attitude…

 

Isn’t that why I came to get... 

a tattoo?!

Author's Note

I had to relieve some stress I want my body to match my attitude. What do you think in anyway about the feel or mess ups?

Reviews

[MoriartyMesa]

This screams of a muse who want's to own the pain. And only the true will endure, well give it a go.......................

[Jessica Gillitzer]

I did, loved it well aside from the pain and feeling like a pansy for crying a while. but I sat through it. Lovin' it
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[Derek ubuntu Dunham]

Awww I think you need to find a new artist! Great imagery, but getting tattooed has always been a pretty positive experience for me, haha. Sure there's a little pain involved but the creepy room and the idea of a masochistic artist? It gets a lot better than that!

[Jessica Gillitzer]

Yeah i figured it out, I wrote it's partner after I got the tattoos i posted photos with them. very nice of you to thanks for the support.
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[Ed Hart]

thanks for the memories...goes to show a poet can find a poem whatever they're looking at and wherever they can find a seat...i got my first tatoo when i was thirteen years old on the boardwalk in long beach, ca...cost me four bucks to get a top-hatted skull smoking a cigar decorating my inner forearm...thought it would make me a man...now all these decades later it stares back at me and i'm still wondering what it means to be a man...i'm sure your flower is beautiful, and your poem had me smiling sadly

[Jessica Gillitzer]

I didn't end up with a flower, it was kinda blah. I ended up with two small simple stars to get a feel for it, then it turned into a tattoo about my writing. i am happy both that you enjoyed this and gave me such a nice look into your life. I love story's plenty of people will tell you that. as long as their not to long. i liked yours, though i think 13 might be a little young for a tattoo. I think my dad might have had a problem with that.
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[realmwriter]

A little bumpy maybe, painful to read as far as the grammar but a getting a tattoo is painful depending on where you get it...! Good write...!

[Jessica Gillitzer]

what did you think was to bumpy i am trying and my grammar will only get better if people help. Thank you for telling me it's good though.
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[realmwriter]

Well I only mean as far as the grammar but like you said you will get better. Don't worry I didn't mean hat to sound mean if it did...! It really is a good poem...!

[Jessica Gillitzer]

I will go back over it, your fine. I don't hurt easily well other then needles. Always be honest someone hear told me that said pass it around. i think it's a good way to think. thank you realmwriter
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[realmwriter]

Your welcome...! Keep blowin me kisses like that and Ill have to take it personal...lol

[Jessica Gillitzer]

I'm a flirt but i'm single so no harm no foul. your sweet.
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[realmwriter]

Well see then nothin wrong with a few little kisses I guess...!

[Buddhistboy73]

Aside from a few little bumps along the way, i.e. grammatically....this poem is an emotional journey. It takes you inside your mind and expresses the trepidation and also (hidden) excitement? at getting a tattoo....
I also have felt like this at times, and still think about getting a tattoo at times...
go for it, and let us know what you went for in the end...:)
BB

[Jessica Gillitzer]

Thanks BB i just got a new poem up about it, my friend Cliff drug me out today insisting I shouldn't build it up in my head. So I post my new poem about the experience and with my TWO new inks.hehehehe, I love them. thanks for the support you have all been amazingly supportive.
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[quinfinn]

had to check this out, as i wrote one with this title some months ago. relieved to see it is of your own creation and a very good write at that! i like the way you describe the apprehension and anticipation, and even some trepidation! very nicely done!

[Jessica Gillitzer]

crazy I will have to check yours out. i am happy also that great minds think alike yet truly differently.
Jessie;o)

[quinfinn]

well done, hon.

[Jessica Gillitzer]

I just posted my new poem about going and getting it done. I put my "ink" on it. I love being able to say I'm "inked" haha. 8-)

[quinfinn]

i have been inked several times, it in't so bad....

[Jessica Gillitzer]

Now I know that too, but i thought it still hurt very much. I cried though so maybe I'm just a baby.
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[Jessica Gillitzer]

I couldn't find it?
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[quinfinn]

guess i'll have to friend you and send it to you in a r/r...i have dozens of pages....

[Jessica Gillitzer]

I saw, i didn't know where to start, but i think i may have picked one that fancies my curiosity.read moreI saw, i didn't know where to start, but i think i may have picked one that fancies my curiosity.
^-_o^

[quinfinn]

sent you a friend request, if you're interested....then i can send you a r/r for my version of "tattooed"

[Notsoloud]

I remember my first. Such a permanent thing it had to mean something. Should always mean something. I liked the pain, it was a reminder of what it meant to me. Good poem, it represents all that you were feeling and it does just that. Keep it up.

[Jessica Gillitzer]

thanks Mr I actually just got back. I hate being spontaneous it never turns out how I intend, but I am happy. i am glad you liked this. I am about to post a piece with the two Photos of my new ink... Hehehehehe! I can't believe i did this.lol
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[Notsoloud]

Ah I see. Well the anticipation is just the same. Hope all went well.

[Jessica Gillitzer]

It went very well, i feel like i got the worst sun burn of my life. I'm not a sun tanning kind of girl so I have only had one sun burn, but owwwww.
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[Ben Walker]

Nice'n vivid. Enjoy getting inked

[Jessica Gillitzer]

I did, I am about to post what i got, I started small, didn't stay there very long though. you'll see.
Jessie8-)

[Robbie~xoxo~]

In expressing your anxieties you have released an emotion most could relate to in other aspects of life... Such as surgery (I've been there)...

Nice write. :)

P.S. You are such a pretty girl, I hope it's not a big tattoo! lol

[Jessica Gillitzer]

Not real big. I want a flower, haven't decided where yet. I have like two days to figure it out though. Thanks I maybe pretty, but I want to have attitude people can see. i think i'm average honestly, makeup goes a long way.
Jessie

[Robbie~xoxo~]

LOL you are very pretty.. a blooming flower is sweet. :)

It'll be there before you know it, bright and lovely...wishing you comfort, no pain. x

[Jessica Gillitzer]

Thanks Robbie you'll be there in my heart. I will try to get it up after I get it done. as for no pain, i don't have any good drugs. lol 8-)
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[Robbie~xoxo~]

adrenaline!...that's your drug hun... :)
can't wait to see it...~xo~ :)

[Jessica Gillitzer]

Did It !
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[Robbie~xoxo~]

OMG!...cool!...take pics? :)

[Jessica Gillitzer]

i did right afterward before they covered it up, they are on my tattooed! piece.
I hope you like them, I'm coming to really like the simple stars I got though, i feel so rawr!
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[unsavable_soul]

Very nice,
You are so creative, in the many times I have gotten tattooed, never one did it come to mind like this and with such art in regards to an art itself. I love this and think it says a lot about the girl behind the ink to come. You'll do great, it sounds like you have already been to a parlor before with your descriptions. Let us know?

"i imagine the artist wielding this paint "

I need be capitalized and I also love this idea about viewing the tattoo artist. You are a natural.
Sincerely
Christopher

[Jessica Gillitzer]

yeah I have gone with a few friends, always talked my way out of the needle though. I like piercings but a tattoo freaks me out a bit. I watched my friend Cliff gat a tattoo on his ear. Needless to say I have been very shakey about it since. thank you for all the kind words.
Jessie

[unsavable_soul]

No problem,
You can do it just make sure it is something you really believe in and stand for. Pieces without meaning as I have come to experience can lead to a lot of regret. So just be choosy with it, you may have it a life time.
Sincerely
Christopher

[Jessica Gillitzer]

I did end up with both the first piece I got was just to settle in but I like it, the other is meaningful. Yes other.
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[unsavable_soul]

Very nice Jess,
You really sound like you get carried away easily. maybe in a good way. : )read moreVery nice Jess,
You really sound like you get carried away easily. maybe in a good way. : )
Chris

[Jessica Gillitzer]

yes and yes!
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