F!@#*%^ Tattoos
So, most people I know are okay with tattoos, I mean come on its 2019 who isn’t? When I lived in the US my tattoos weren’t an issue. My job didn’t mind them, my family didn’t mind them, and my friends didn’t mind them, but I no longer live in the US and man people mind them. I live in a relatively conservative city, and while I do see many tattoo shops and many folks with them, there’s certain areas of the city where they seem to not exist.
The key word there is “seem” because I know they do, but they are hidden. See where I live now tattoos are still a taboo and they are frowned upon because they are 1. A sin, and 2. Not professional. Yes, I said a sin. The city I live in is very conservative and I mean I once was very religious and I don’t act like I don’t know what the bible says about tattoos, but I have my counter arguments, but I won’t go there on this post. The point of this is to express my anger towards how things are.
I have to wear long sleeve shirts or wear a bandage to hide my Palm Tree tattoo. Each tattoo I have means something very special to me, and every time I have to hide them it honestly breaks my heart. I get mad and sad that I live this lie where I pretend, I’m someone I’m not. Yesterday I was with my husband and we were going to the part of town where I have to hide them and I forgot my bandage. I freaked out, and proceeded to hate the fact that I have to hide them. We stopped at a pharmacy and I bought a new bandage because I couldn’t be walking around with my tattoo showing. As I was walking to the place, I was going to a friend of my husband asked how I had hurt myself, and I had to lie and said I was moving furniture and hurt my arm…
One of my tattoos is literally the gospel, it means He came, He died, He rose, He ascended, and He will be back. The other one is a Palm Tree and it represents strength and resilience. They don’t have a bad meaning and they help remind me of who I am and where I’ve come from.
Why do I have to hide what helps me be who I am?
Is lying really better than showing my tattoos?
The key word there is “seem” because I know they do, but they are hidden. See where I live now tattoos are still a taboo and they are frowned upon because they are 1. A sin, and 2. Not professional. Yes, I said a sin. The city I live in is very conservative and I mean I once was very religious and I don’t act like I don’t know what the bible says about tattoos, but I have my counter arguments, but I won’t go there on this post. The point of this is to express my anger towards how things are.
I have to wear long sleeve shirts or wear a bandage to hide my Palm Tree tattoo. Each tattoo I have means something very special to me, and every time I have to hide them it honestly breaks my heart. I get mad and sad that I live this lie where I pretend, I’m someone I’m not. Yesterday I was with my husband and we were going to the part of town where I have to hide them and I forgot my bandage. I freaked out, and proceeded to hate the fact that I have to hide them. We stopped at a pharmacy and I bought a new bandage because I couldn’t be walking around with my tattoo showing. As I was walking to the place, I was going to a friend of my husband asked how I had hurt myself, and I had to lie and said I was moving furniture and hurt my arm…
One of my tattoos is literally the gospel, it means He came, He died, He rose, He ascended, and He will be back. The other one is a Palm Tree and it represents strength and resilience. They don’t have a bad meaning and they help remind me of who I am and where I’ve come from.
Why do I have to hide what helps me be who I am?
Is lying really better than showing my tattoos?
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