Inked

I put it on my side.
Because I was created from a portion
taken from the side of man.
I put it on the left.
So it is nearer my heart.
I wanted it in the body.
To free it as well.

I wanted to have it.
My philosophy is that freedom does not come free.
It has to be worked hard for.
Things and people have to be sacrificed for freedom.
It does not come easy.

I have it on me now.
And it did not just rub itself on me.
It had to be put there. With pain.
Each line. Each dot. Every bit of it.

So does everything else in life.
Things will not rub themselves on us.
We have to get them on us. For us.
I have to get them for myeslf.
We have to take them and let them stick to us.
I have to take them and let them stick to me.
And people, we have to make them stay.
I have to make them stay.

It's gonna stay on me.
Just here.
Near my heart. On my side.
Emancipation.
Freedom of the body, spirit, mind and most importantly,
the heart.