We all have Tattoos

Every choice we make

tattooed on our skin

little choices

big choices

shape the life

we all live

all part of us

some made for us

some proudly displayed

some always hidden

some staunchly upheld

some we give in

from the yeses that

could have been nos

to the nos that

should have been yeses

to the apathetic

abstaining

where the answer known

already given

the lucky

or unlucky guesses

or the well

thoughtout decisions

from the loves we have

the loves we choose

to the people

who didn't choose us

or we chose

to loose

each choice

inks its brands

into our skin

our life

the art

of our decisions

Wendy Bremner