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Fun Yoda Tattoo I got to do this past week on Paul. Based on the Star Wars animated series. #dctattoo #yoda #luminousbeings #starwars #dctattooartist #dmvtattoo #qttr #dmvtattooartist #dcartist #dmvartist #theblackmoth #globeelectric #cheyennetattooequipment #fusionink #yodatattoo #starwarstattoo (at Globe Electric Tattoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnOjukEAzh9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9mr74hake8ef

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It starts when she says "I don't know what to do" I wanna move forward too, see the skies clear and blue But consider me and you- Can we have real happiness with visions clear and true? And endless stream of all that was before, Our kin's blood and gore, a hundred thousand civil wars? With mind open and heart sore is it wrong for me to want more?" I should be shocked, but I'm not I understand what she's fearing Cause how can we be soft when the world's so searing How can we be happy when we keep overhearing "People like you just need to stop appearing!" "And what about your bearing?" "And what is that you're wearing?" Not a single note of caring They don't care how we've been faring It's not bread and salt they're sharing It's our hearts and minds they're tearing And it's not just that it's the point when you realize that the absence of the lies Isn't a blessing in disguise Its jade glasses over eyes and a lack of compromise There's no more cotton in the skies Cause you pulled wool off your eyes And now the bits of you that sympathize the parts of you that empathize Sit shocked and still with a solemn thought "Was it worth it to rid myself of all of the lies?" You know, I think I drifted- we need to stop and change the pace. This isn't exactly the tone I wanna to chase The bitterness isn't what we need to face So let's get a new canvas, new words, new base I'll start again with gushing praise Of who set my mind ablaze Let me introduce you to a World War Flying Ace! Her eyes verdant it's true, An auteur through and through and a lovely person too! I absolutely adore her, Even wrote this poem for her So before you start to stare too circumspectly I'm gonna break the 4th and speak to her directly: I'm guessing you, and the world are going through some friction? A philosophical affliction Meloncholy and constriction? So how about I counter with an amorous prescription? A joyous contradiction Reinforcing your conviction! Let's go back to the start, a wall of captivating diction I fell in love with your fiction Feel my heart thump with a prediction "These words will be an addiction!" They take my mind from dereliction Free my heart from its restriction make my soul burn with reconviction Don't need a cure for this affliction I just need you to believe this is nonfiction! Oops, silly me asking you to believe I'm pretty sure you just want a reprieve From the negativity, don't want a mind like a sieve. You just don't want to have to grieve The innocence you had to leave Behind by choosing to have your heart on your sleeve I get it, you know? The fear of climbing higher Eyes behind your head, your adversaries getting slyer You try to branch out and end up building your own pyre But let me stop you, and remind you of something much less dire- You are LOVED and you are WANTED I stand before you undaunted Even though I am afraid My message will not be delayed So here's my last words (even though, yeah I strayed): I know it's scary, that feeling, I know you can't shake it But trust me! There's joy past that wall, past that block if you can break it, The world's amazing for what it is and what we'll make it, Take a breath, step forward, here's my hand Will you take it? For my lady, the inimitable illuminating inamorata, @famous-wwi-flying-ace .

“Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.” - Master Yoda Frankfurt am Main, 2015. Photos by Andre Levy & Alexandre Borba.