The Tattoo - for Thor
Needles and pain Ink so black and pure
What is the allure?
It is painful
On a nameless
Unknowable level
Unprepared am I
Always
But the calling is
So Sweet
So Permanent
Attacking your sense
Of Eternity
Succumbing to inkful
Pain
A test of wills
That constant attack
On tactile blackboard
I can not daydream
I can not transfer
My thoughts to other
Conventions of distraction
Pain. It is painful
I know it will be
A challenge?
Or is it that
The Louvre was not
Built without tenderness
And tears?
Suffer for art
That’s so cliché
Live for art
Cry for art
Clench your teeth
For art
Scream for art
Laugh for art
Love it
Wear it
Save it
Canvas me forever.
