TATTOOED
I AM THE MATURE BEAUTY WHO HAS STEPPED JUST AN INCH OFF THE PATH OF CONVENTION TO WALK A BIT IN THE SAND, FEELING THE COOL, SOFT GRAINS TICKLING MY FEET, MAKING ME SMILE A SMILE THAT CARRIES ME THROUGH THE DAY BECAUSE NO ONE BUT ME KNOWS WHY I SMILE; IT IS THE INK INDELIBLE ON MY SKIN UNDER MY CLOTHES WHERE NO ONE BUT ME AND A SELECT FEW KNOW IT’S THERE, IT IS MY EMPOWERMENT, IT IS MY FREEDOM, IT IS THE ME I DON’T SHOW TO EVERYONE. IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND SENSUOUS AS YOU LIGHTLY TRACE THE LINES WITH YOUR FINGER DOWN MY ARM, DOWN MY BACK, UP MY LEG. IT IS FASCINATINGLY SCARY FOR SOME, INTENSELY EROTIC FOR OTHERS BUT WHEN TATTOOS ARE DONE MORE GRACEFULLY AND MORE BEAUTIFULLY THAN THE WOMAN THEY EMBRACE, HOW CAN THEY DO ANYTHING BUT MAKE THE WOMAN MORE RADIANT? I HOPE MAYBE NOW YOU UNDERSTAND ME A BIT BETTER, MY DESIRE TO WALK JUST OFF THE PATH,
MY SMILE.
KELLY OJSTERSEK 2004©