Our Skin

Just a poem for someone who inspires me

The Chair

It sits there

Awaiting my presence

The Artist 

He looks at my canvas

With perceptive eyes 

The Body

Pale like snow 

Ink would make you glow

The Detail

Eyes so deep 

The needle lost in time

Blood Rush

Red with the needles touch

Cheeks blush with pain and pleasure

The Session

Long hours of severe pain

Artistic gain all in your name

The Tattoo

A portrait of you

The description of your beautiful face

The Message

Forever within

A constant reminder of what has been

and

what's to come

Poetic Love

&

Appreciation

I'm a canvas and you my inspiration

Author's Note

A piece on someone who has poetically inspired me.
Ink is permanent, think of it as a landlord always at your door knocking for rent. If it's pretty you don't mind. If it's a mistake like a one night stand on your behind, God help you find an explanation out of that one. :P

Reviews

[Krista Gallant]

This is how I feel every time I get inked. Some display their art pieces on their walls. I on the other hand display it on my skin. Absolutely beautiful take on the entire process. I constantly ache for the intimate feeling between artist and canvass. Thank you for sharing. :D

[KeeD]

Thank you I really love that you can relate to that intimate feeling of getting inked to this piece. It's those moments, that make me write such pieces.

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*slams fist into the screen of computer* YEAH!....uh oh.....

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Alright, back with a new computer, that was great! OH my gaaaaaaawd! I WUBBED IT! My face was just soo...... Ok here's my face through emoticons...if that helps..

:I
:o
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:I Mhmm
>:I mhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmm!!!
:l yes
:) Yeeeeeees!
:D YEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!
XD OOH MY GAWD!!!! THAT WAS AWESOME! Great poem I really did enjoy it :3

[KeeD]

haha wow that was such a cute review.. thanks :) I'm off to bed soon cause its like almost 4 am where i'm at.. but i'll definitely repay your kindness and review your work tomorrow. Much respect, Kee.

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Welcome :) and no need :3

[butler yeats]

I really like it- but you could cut out "it" and "he" in the first and second sections. They're just filler.

[Rajkamal]

The different color for each para-heading was jarring to my reading senses and my eyes. Guess I am getting old. Would give it a try with a fresh pair of eyes.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Wow this absolutely blew me away, it is beyond beautiful, the words are like an entwining of two souls. Lucky girl who inspired this in you. Beautiful work Kee.

[CecilA]

Keegan,

Well done my friend. I love everything. I don't believe you need the thoughts in parenthesis). Let the reader use her imagination.

"I'm a canvas and you my inspiration" is eloquent; one of the best lines I've read recently.

You are an inspiration; keep up the good work.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this is so good, Keegan...

reminds me of Titanic...she became his best inspiration...
this much like poetry...there are somethings that just beg for us to find words to describe.

i like the way you present this...


the chair awaiting me to sit in it...i love chairs...my sister is not the best artist in the world but she has one picture of a chair sitting on a porch, empty...that pic makes my imagination dance.
your words here did that.

[cognitivetatum]

Lol. This reminds me...I need to get it covered up!!! Oh the shame in the large nautical rose done inefficiently. I am not ashamed....Soon to be made far more eloquently then I had first - ever intended. Lovely piece. I wanna feel the buzzing RIGHT MEOW! ^.^

[KeeD]

Meow meow :P thank you for reviewing when you get it covered up :D do take a pic to show us: D we appreciate all kinds of art :D atleast I do :D

[KeeD]

oh yeah thank you so much for the review ^_^

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

wow another fave! The greatest thing any writer can aspire to is to inspire work like this .... This is a tiny masterpiece of your soul. I hope who ever it was that inspired you to greatness knows

It was like each word took me deeper

100/100

[K.]

this is so beautifully written. well done.

[KeeD]

thank you :)

[KatDarkness]

Just beautiful, especially the lines "Blood rush red with the needles touch"
Brilliant poem! :)

[KeeD]

Thank you Kat :) much respect and hope you creeper and I can work on something soon :)

[KAOlmsted]

This is a lovely tribute to the muse, Kee. Our inspiration is what drives us, and when there is no inspiration, often times the vehicle simply will not go...I think, on any given day, I could see a piece like this and have several people come to mind (speaking personally, that is) I have been inspired by so many wonderful writers here, and in the real paper world ;-) that to narrow it down to just one specific "name" would be difficult for me...you've managed to do it beautifully here, and, when you can touch those of us for whom the poem is not written as deeply as you have, just think how the subject of the piece must be feel. Superior write, my friend. You've got talent in spades. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

[KeeD]

Kim a writer with your talent and experience and expertise complimenting someone new and average like me is such a big honor. Not only do I really honestly wait for your reviews but I love how you always tell it like it is, if you need to educate someone you do it and you do it humbly and there is so much I could learn through reading your work and from your reviews. Thank you so much

[KAOlmsted]

Oh Keegan! < 3 You are simply the sweetest for saying those lovely things. I am tearing up! But you know, you are far from average, so, no more of that talk. It is always a pleasure to read your words. Now, stop making me cry :-p (and change "sever" to "severe" in The Session) ;-) xoxo

[KeeD]

thank you so much what would I do without you :D , you actually better my writing :D

[KAOlmsted]

XD couldn't resist...xoxo