I AM....Tattoo

I am old
I am faded
I am blurred......
and oh, the cries
that I have heard -
 

I am humiliation

born of pain,

I am permanent -

meant to take the place

of your first name -

I exist in shame.

I live on in infamy

on children, now grown old;

I know about the cloth star

the color of a dull, sad gold

You are a Jew

I am part of you

I am.......................................

Your Tattoo.

© Christina 7-04