these are my tattoos,
i carved them myself,
each line represents something i learnt,
and something i lost,

at an age or a position where love was important,
in this place of misguided ghosts,
i am just another body waring them proudly,
every temple has their stories and scars,
i was a boy finding control,

to tattoo your heart where these lines rest,
wrapping around reminding me of reality,
of fear of love and pain and joy,

im not asking you to understand,
could you if you wanted to,
im not scared of the pain,

i want be ashamed of how i deal,
how i survive,
how i prove to myself I’m alive,
ill still cry,
and laugh,
and smile

Lucious. T