This tattoo is based on an illustration from The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. For those unfamiliar with the storyline, a compulsive giver (the tree) fatally bonds with a predatory taker (the young boy, who eventually grows to be the old man depicted in my tattoo). I changed the initials in the carving on the tree to those of my first love, a boy I cared deeply for who proceeded to take everything from me. It is a cautionary message that reminds me to be careful with and treasure myself, lest I have nothing left in the end. It is my first tattoo, and I love it so very much.
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