"You're a trooper, you know that?" That's probably the most poerfect thing the tattoo artist could have said: Patience is reborn. :)

Great story! I loved it!

“I'm fine.”I nodded my head looking down at my clenched fists in my lap.

You forgot a space.

Lovely and deep ]

O Well. The first half of this is really haunting. I mean, really. I can feel and envision such a dark place, and I can feel your mind falling in and out of that dark place.

And you can tell you're in a better place, now.

"The liquid calms the fire burning in my chest, and I float back up to the surface of my mind." Ah, I loved this description, and the lines before and after it, hm. And the ... mm. ...

I think this goes better in Biography than Life.

Ah. I really want to read your poems, now. o-o

- giant squid.