by amba | Dec 26, 2021 | Tattoos
Poetry and Tattoos They are so similar Ways we humans capture a memory A person An emotion A moment A love We write them down We brand them on our bodies Things of our mind, heart, and soul We sometimes regret their permanence after we imprint them with ink Whether...
by amba | Dec 11, 2021 | Tattoos
Chaos Flowing letters tucked on the back of the wrist where the blood flows seeking its way back to the heart the pulse of the arteries hidden buried deep A reminder of the world A reminder of the things we can’t control An acceptance of what is Everything inside and...
by amba | Nov 29, 2021 | Healing, Tattoos, trauma
Tattoos we try to erase The ones below the skin Imprinted by people and experiences Invisible yet branded just the same Invisible ink that surfaces as emotions when the tattoo is warmed by life Exposed to raw air Exposed to be worked with one more time Healed and...
by amba | Nov 14, 2021 | Tattoos, trauma
A semi-colon on the wrist Small and powerful A statement and a whisper A pause Healing pause between past and future Healing pause between despair and hope A reminder To pause and everything will change It will get better Just...
by amba | Nov 5, 2021 | intimate moments, Love, Tattoos
Stretch marks and cellulite white like crackled paint on my hips and thighs remnants of children I bore not yours you do not care you do not see them but the red tangles and lines broken capillaries fine and knotted looking you gently touch I didn’t know you realized...
by amba | Oct 29, 2021 | Tattoos
Lips In the cup of her hip Lush and sensual Dark cherry against mahogany skin Perfectly placed so that every time she put her hand on her hips She would touch it Those lips An ex-lovers Never to be seen again But on her...
