I’m part of the #swimmingwithelephantspublications #elepfam for life. The coming big of my third book, #TraumaCarnival was announced the same night I got this tattoo with fellow poet and parade member @someonenamedbassam . 2018 did not kill me. Trauma Carnival is some of the scariest work that I have written for myself. Still, for myself. To share it with the world is going to be an honor and a tribute to the work I have done, the person I am, how far I have come. This gift of life and how I am taking it back. How I honor authenticity who I am and who I will continue to become. #gratitude#womenwithtattoos #tattoonumbernine #literarytattoos https://www.instagram.com/p/BreiBZnHhA2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1n3njmdxo0j8e