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sleepless tattoos

August 3, 2015
By _em26 SILVER, Milltown,
_em26 SILVER, Milltown,
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Favorite Quote:
Once we accept our limits, we must go beyond them. -Albert Einstein


crescent moons brand my thighs

indentations proving i am

prisoner to my mind

 

reminders of nights of insomnia

laying awake

thinking

far too much thinking

finding escapes from the emotional pain

digging my nails into the blank canvas

pale with the greenish blue of veins

becomes splashed with red blotches

engraving a story

that would make even the strongest break

 

and when morning comes

and the sun rises

bringing a new day

the marks haven't faded

and neither have the thoughts.

 

and when morning comes



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_em26 SILVER said...
on Aug. 6 2015 at 3:27 pm
_em26 SILVER, Milltown,
6 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
Once we accept our limits, we must go beyond them. -Albert Einstein

*author's note* the last line (and when morning comes) is not supposed to be there; unsure how it got there.