Hey guys, I was just over on a thread Blammer started about his cousin age of 41 who just passed away. It brought fresh a lot of emotion that is, well, rather recent, rather current you might say with my dealing with my own cousin & best friends death as mentioned early on in this thread.

I mentioned something that I don't think I have shared over here on the birth of a deer camp thread.

One month to the day of my cousin's death I got a tattoo on my left shoulder blade.

It's a black heart that has been run through with a long sharp dagger. Red blood drops run from the heart & off the tip of the dagger. The black heart is my heart, always the black sheep & a bit cold emotionally from my hard start at life with unfavorable childhood, young marine off to experience war, etc.

The heart is forever impaled with uncurable pain, though damaged & hurting it remains alive just barely. Above the heart & dagger a simple banner with only a date "06-28-07"

A tear runs off the corner of the banner.

Funny I haven't thought to mention the ink till now.



Something clever here.