By Joe Martinez @ Bolder Ink. My first tattoo... it's an excerpt from an essay by John Donne (not a poem, originally, as many people believe). The portion of his essay that this is from became popular after Mark Twain's For Whom the Bell Tolls included it in the preface of the novel. Ultimately, it's a way of saying that when those that I have been close with die, a part of me dies. (RIP Aunt Ginny... and all others that we have lost.)
Dammit! I should have made my name ashjamn, or smashjamn hahaha. Aaaaah I love you & miss you & can't wait to see you for Gaga! Put your tattoos up here, missy! (PS I am getting another one soooooon I hope!!)