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Jonathon A. Lowry Junior Member
since 2001-07-07
Posts 38 |
hello all i am a new member so bare w/ me plz i wrote this poem about 2 months ago after my father and i had an argument about my tatz. thank you for listening. ME Ever since time began man has expressed himself through ink. so these colours, shades, and markings, mean more than you may think. im not insane to have borne the pain, and if you look youll see a story of a life ive lived and all that makes ME, ME! i am proud of these marks, which i display so boldly on my skin. they represent years gone by, and how sometimes i feel within. there's pain and beauty in skulls and flowers oh the story's they could tell they signify this life im living sometimes its a living hell where ive been, things ive done, and the words that go unsaid will still be portrayed a while longer even after im long dead yes, im proud, and theres no shame of course i am marked for life, ive made my choices and paid my debts in a world so full of strife. there are those who will gaze upon me, and judge me like a book. but who is he who is without sin and whoever said they had to look? nothing says to mark your body will surely damn your soul, for god has said, and i believe, he will one day make us whole. hell cosmetic surgery and silicone can be no worse than this. my images of ink are memories for me of things that do and do not exist. ive felt the searing, burning pain as needles cut through nerves, and for some of us, its truly worth the purpose that it serves. the demons ive battled, the loves that i have known, are part of what makes ME, ME! and are now permanent trophies laid upon me, for anyone who cares to see... |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
"Do what ye will, as long as ye harm none."  If I have not welcomed you to Passions yet, Jonathon, WELCOME. Tatz are allowed. |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
I figure, as long as it really does mean something significant to you and it's not for the sake of being "trendy" or "accepted" by your peers, then -- hey. It's your right and choice. Just be honest and resolved with it and consider the future to predict if you'll have any regrets with your decisions... Sounds to me, from what you've described, that you've already done that, and in that case: good for you. Enjoyed the thoughts in your poem... -MVS "If you think you know it all, you have a lot to learn." |
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Jonathon A. Lowry Junior Member
since 2001-07-07
Posts 38 |
thanx that poem really changed my fathers point of view about what i was about thanx again |
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Aimster Member Elite
since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297Charlotte, NC |
Jon, powerful write...you leave me to ponder. for that i thank you glad that thingsworked out better between you and your dad...that's the beauty of poetry. some times we can find ways in words on paper to say what we can't say with verbal words. as for tatoos, well my opinon is it's a personal choice. apparently you gave it a great deal of thought and from reading this, i feel like i know YOU a bit better...so thanks!! take care. amy "but i see your true colors, |
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Jonathon A. Lowry Junior Member
since 2001-07-07
Posts 38 |
thank you amk i have given alot of thought to them i really wish most people would just see the beauty on and behind this skin and front wall of mine thanx |
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