Under Water

Imagine if everything you thought

Everything you said

Everything you did

Was tattooed on your skin

Permanent, everlasting

Everything

Displayed in front of the world

Scrawled out before them

Like a handwritten letter

The ink, it consumes your body

Till all you are

Is your actions

Your thoughts

Your words

Would it be better that way?

Being judged on your personality

Rather than your looks

In the end

That’s all that it would do

Expose people

Force others to realize what they’re really like

We use our appearances as facades

The only ones scared

Are the ones who have something to hide

When positions reverse

And it’s written in ink

Into the gaps

You thought were complete

Inked or clean

Scared or safe

There’s only so much one can take

Troubled and bent

Not quite so perfect

Tattooed on us

Our history our past

The real us sometimes present

But not present enough to last

Wear your heart on you sleeve

Keep your head out of water’

Keep everything honest

Because there’s always one waiting to pull you under

 

-A.R.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Lady B]

Very unique,fascinating write which is thought provoking thanks for sharing great write!