Tattooed Soul

Needles pierce skin.
Outlines, shading.
Memories etched in flesh.

Wear your heart on the outside.
Monsters from childhood dreams.

Jungles rise from empty plains.
Strange wildlife abound.

Fantasies, hopes and wishes are here.
People stop and stare.

(This came to me on the way home from work one night. I was trying to get home to write it down on paper and was going a little too fast. A cop stopped me and gave me my first speeding ticket. I forgot most of it before I could write it down. :( All in the name of Creative Writing!)