Creative response - Wild Dogs Under My Skirt

I want a traditional tattoo.
I want to show who I am.
I want to display my culture on my sleeve.
I want it to hurt.
I want it to bleed.


I want the needle to pierce my body,
I want my fair skin to be the canvas,
I want the black ink to seep in,
I want to show people who I am.
I want to tattoo my culture on my skin.
I do not want to keep it in.
I want my tattoo to speak for me,
where my fair skin can't.

But I have only been to my homeland once,
Does that give me the right to wear it with pride?
Does it mean I understand its value?
Or will it make me a fake?

I want a traditional tattoo.
I want to show who I am.
But then again,
Who am I?