Grass over Walls (Poem on growing up)

Cyclopean walls enclose life.

Only socks and underwear are the attire.

I hate my stomach.

When did I lose my abs?

I am only 17.

Time goes by.

Soon my room will be 5 hours away.

It will not miss me;

I will barely miss it.

But I will miss my abs.

Youth is like grass that has grown far too tall,
it must be snipped,
groomed,
tastefully and not pruned (the pruning can wait).
The grass goes through its seasons
changing constantly,
With or without the consent of nature.
Nature forces it to grow,
it is inevitable.
But sometimes it has to grow on its own,
without nature.

A choice the grass makes? Or do the cells?
Those little tiny things that somehow make us, us.

'What is the time of societal growth into adulthood?' asks the sociologist.
Time really only does exist in the mind of the society, right?

The tattoo of the clock onto society,
How foolish of us.
Why does the darkness of the earth tell us it is time to sleep?
Maybe it is time to dance,
or cry, shout, wash the dishes, if one needs.
Why does the light need to tell us to work tirelessly?
Maybe it is time to write,
or ski, sleep, bathe, if one needs.

Let our watches not reflect the sky.
Let our watches reflect our bodies' desires.

Desires?
I am only 17.
s   t   i   l   l
   o   n   l   y
      1   7

I have lived more than the average 17 year old.
I suppose that is my perspective;
Much like society's perspective of time.


No longer will these cyclopean walls entrap me.
Soon I will be gone.
My grass will grow beyond what the seasons allow,
Without being mowed.
It will grow over the cyclopean walls,
The roots of the grass are to be:
p   u   l   l   e  d, snipped and ripped
out of the previous earth,
to enter the new parts.

The growth will happen in time.
Time is soon.
True age does not matter, only earth's age.
Society's age.
Time is soon.
Waiting.
Waiting to be 18.

An adult.
A qualified adult. Legal.
I was an adult years ago.
But nobody knew.
Society has to snip the ends of the grass,
and refuses to recognize if I already have.

____________s_i_d_e___n_o_t_e________________

I am just playing around with poetry.
Do not fuss.
I am not a poet.
Just a person with thoughts.
A person with thoughts who likes to write them
out
on
different
lines.
Because somehow,
that makes them more
i m p o r t a n t.

Updated tattoos I want/like/ideas

I have posted about 2-3 times about ideas for tattoos I want. Since I am turning 18 in a tad less than 4 months, I am getting excited to finally get my first one.

Which, as most people close to me know, is going to be a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson "" on my the inside of my right forearm. I haven't decided the font of it yet, or the exact style. 

But the rest of the tattoos I am thinking of getting, are likely to be debated for a long time before I get them.

Here is that list:

An astrological tattoo. I was thinking about getting something scorpio-esque. I don't know where, it will probably be somewhere not very visible to me. I don't know whether I want the symbol of the zodiac, the constellation or the actual scorpion. It will probably by on my hip or back somewhere.

A hummingbird under my left pointer finger.

I want some form of band-like tattoo around my arm, near my elbow, whether it is above or below I don't know yet. I want it to either be very modern and just a straight line, or lacey. 

I was thinking about getting a small fern on one of my feet or ankles. It represents strength and endurance, and since I strength train and run endurance, I think it would be fitting.

I want a map of the world... somewhere. It was going to be on my arm, then I decided not to. Now I am thinking around my ankle. Maybe I'll put North and South America along with iceland/greenland etc, on my left leg and the rest (europe, asia australia) on my right. Or just around one of my ankles.

I want something swirly around my ankle. I was thinking about just getting something like a ribbon or something decorative, but I also thought I could get a really long quote in small print that looks like a line going around my ankle, until you look closer.

I'm starting to see a problem with my ankles. They are filling up quickly.

I am thinking about getting a second quote (undecided) on my other arm. I want something on my left forearm as well, but I don't know what, yet.

Most of my tattoos are pretty timeless, or at least them seem as so. Except for one I want. Lately I've wanted a tattoo to do with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. I don't know what. I was thinking about getting their names somewhere, but maybe just their initials. If I do get something to do with them it will probably be somewhere on my feet, or my toes, where I don't look too often, but when I do look, I am reminded of them.

I am still considering getting a maple seed somewhere on my hand, representing my father.

Later in life, I might give in and get a giant tattoo along the left side of my body. Something tribal or lacey. 

Most of my tattoos will be around my ankles/feet or my arms/wrists/hands. I don't really want a tattoo I can't see, or easily read, especially if it is meaningful and not decorative. 

A lot of times I say things I want to do and I don't follow through, but I am definitely getting that quote tattoo, or perhaps the hummingbird tattoo, by the end of November, if not on my actual birthday (October 28th).

I think I like tattoos so much because they are so artistic. It's like clothes you can wear all of the time. I love symbols and symbolism, and I hope to get a bunch of random little symbols all over the place. 

I am excited.

Do you have any tattoos you want to get or that you have? Or is there a specific tattoo you really want but you are sort of chickening out on?