1. The tattoo

According to wikipedia.com, "a tattoo, or dermal pigmentation, is a mark made by inserting pigment into the skin for decorative or other reasons. Tattoos on humans are a type of decorative body modification, while tattoos on animals are most commonly used for identification or branding."

It adds that "tattooing has been practiced worldwide. The Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, wore facial tattoos. Tattooing was widespread among Polynesian peoples, and among certain tribal groups in the Philippines, Borneo, Mentawai Islands, Africa, North America, South America, Mesoamerica, Europe, Japan, Cambodia, and China. Despite some taboos surrounding tattooing, the art continues to be popular all over the world."

Tattoos symbolize something. An identification, a description, a story itself. Tattooing had been an ancient practice. It connotes belonging the same manner as that of an address. It describes what you are, who you are, and whose childe you are. It shows how important a person is. And they say, those with most tattoos are the bravest.

Similar markings have been adopted in non-living things. Bombers displaying the number of missions it took by the number of bomb-shaped paintings on its side. World War II bombers are "tattoed" with inspiration images -- mothers, wives, and idols of the pilots or the group.

What we do not know is that tattoos too signify the power a person possess and the strength of that power. For a few hidden in the dark, silently living their lives, their tattoos serve as marks of fear, destruction, and hopefully deliverance.