Upon Getting Inked

It’s a relief to have a companion,

a fellow traveler, a hitchhiker

riding along. A part of me,

but not me. How I imagine a mother

might feel for a child--brought

forth by pain, enmeshed, permanent,

but so distinctly chosen--a constant

in churning daily life, a marker

pointing “This way home.”

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