Inked

I see her almost everyday

She sees me working hard and grinding away

:

Today she saw me and said

she didn't recognized me

:

If I had a dollar for everytime

someone told me that

over all these years I've changed

I wouldn't have student debt to pay

:

She said she only recognized me

because the tattoo on my finger

:

She sat and listened to me speak

but it took her a while to realize it was me

:

"The f-hole gave it away."

As she saw my hands

move across the paper

"The resonance, not the integral!"

:

The ink stains helped her remember

who I was

after she was reintroduced

to who I am

:

I guess you glow different

when you change internally

but the ink on your skin

remains imprinted

:

People change

everyday

but ink underneath skin

marks the path of who you were

before who you became