Tattoo

Tattoos share stories
If you’d care to listen
Tattoos tell stories
Of eyes that glisten

Of love found and love lost
Of happy times, of memories
Of battles won, battles lost
And battles just begun

A victory cry, in someone’s eye
As meaningless as it seems
To them it’s a battle cry
A way to remember pain

A way to never forget
A tribute to those in debt
When they’re old and gray
It shows them the way,
Right back to their childhood

It gives a memory a life
It shows who they are
And just how far,
They’ve strived

There’s a story behind each one
A rhythm, a rhyme, an emotion so fine
That became a part of their skin
A needle’s tip, of a long, long trip

A way to show their pride
A way to show what they hide

Tattoos tell a story
Of a person
Of a life

So next time you see, someone with ink on their arms
Ask them about the ink on their hearts

Listen careful, listen hard
And soon you’ll see what they did
As you read the tails of a heart
An elaborate design
And with this I resign

Oh, a tattoo is a story
And tells one of a person,
A human,
Much love
So please, son listen