what do you want when you grow up

[jingjack]

I wonder what it will be like when they grow up and they are still tatooed with stuff that used to mean something and serves now no purpose

and pierced full of holes and tiny little invisible scars from those that would heal

and ears gapping with the holes they punched into them, forever dangling limp and grotesque

and the hair wrecked from years of dye and product and heat

and all the bridges they burned when they thought themselves invincible

you start off as a blank canvas

you can decorate any way you like I guess

you may view the decorations as an expression of freedom and independence but really the more you shape yourself the more limited you become

you can never be just you again, you'll always be confined to what you have made yourself into

so think about it, really think about it

you're trapped in that body you know