Meticulously I etch each letter, Each word, Each sentence, Each name, Each date, Into stone, Into wood, Into plastic. I leave marks on the smallest of places, The most indiscrete places— The places no one looks. I don’t do this just everywhere, I do it where I’ve loved, Where I’ve laughed, Where I’ve cried, Wherever I please. Wherever I feel connected to. That place that I engraved, It will surely outlive me, Yet still It’s mine, a piece of me. Every groove, curve, scratch, is an extension of myself. I am limitless, I am whatever and wherever I choose, I am more than just myself, And no one can take that away from me.