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 Jul 2020 The Gray Wolf
Emily
Inked
 Jul 2020 The Gray Wolf
Emily
Thinking about getting a tattoo
But, I take pause...
Looking in the mirror
I see my body’s already covered
Marked in invisible ink
Every inch of my bare skin
Painted with the joy and pain of living
From my heart to my hips
Color faded here, but poppin’ over there
Memories designed by your hands
Others etched on my own
A collection that makes me smile
Among a few pieces I regret
So, about getting a tattoo...
I guess I’m not ready
Because I can’t think of a tattoo
Meaningful enough, yet
To write over any of the life I’ve lived
There was a bullet hole way too deep
in my chests, my flesh feeling cold
to the touch, causing me to be stressed,
dejected, my veins and bones feeling alone,
long gone, alarmed, disarmed, losing
my eyesight and flight in the blinding light,
disintegrating in neglected mazes, divided
pages, my skin sizzling, swollen, lost poetry
poisoned.  I was beginning to conceptualize
the stormy scene, the serenity slipping away
from me in the distant and darkened seas,
the gleam traversing away from my white,
sweat-soaked face.  The chilling beat
was psychologically crazed, unstaged,
playing with my innermost thoughts,
creating a leakage, a blockage to my heart
as I searched for a shooting star, to carry
me from this world of misery.
You can't hurt me

I live in the spirit

Not in my mind.
I've no intention
to hold on to memory
it carries a whip
it won't set me free--

I've no desire
to hanker for more
to want is
to make me poor-

I've no ambition
honour to acquire
I escape the confusion
I avoid the raging fire.

I've no dream
only to savour the hour
when the last light fades
I'll gladly surrender to its power.
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