just beneath her tinder skin
is a faded blue tattoo
the colors once were vibrant
till the day he said we're through

her skin no longer tingles
where the blue tattoo is kept
it's been replace with a constant ache
from the moment that he left

she has other tats from front to back
a walking testament of self expression art
but the one that hangs alone in her gallery
is the faded blue tattoo broken heart