Much like this once empty page
Or, an empty canvas
I too started out blank
Without feelings, emotions
Ambitions or dreams
Much like this once empty page
Now tattooed with permanent ink
Tattoos now permanently
Mark my body
Leading a tattooed revolution
Of artist and poets
Marking events and memories
On once blank canvasses
Each mark delivering a message
Mummifying rites of passage
Tattooed revolutionaries
Are the messengers
The message is simple
Do not judge
Listen and learn
If you’re honest
Your pillow will be
Your piece of mind
Do not sleepwalk
Through this illusion
Called Life
Let the ink in, and
Let the fun begin
A world without color
Is a day without sound
So start painting
Participate in this
Tattooed revolution
Of pen and ink
Tattooed poets
Carrying the message
Through once blank
Empty canvasses
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
From one Tattooed poet to another....good job! Strong voice...bueatiful structure.