Haircut

Based on a dream I had where I saw the perspective of two people, a boy and a girl, who experience a very different change in themselves after they get haircuts.

Long lifeless hair, she’s hidden behind it

Tangled and strangled and twisted and bit

No one knows the girl in the weeds

Trying and fighting for someplace to fit

 

Pulled and tugged at in every direction

Tears searing and scarring with every rejection

The person inside frays and splits at the ends

Hidden too deep to see her reflection

 

Then she cuts it all off and lets her face show

No places to hide, nowhere to go

But to face herself and accept all she’s worth

To lift herself up and let herself grow

 

Now they can see who she aims to be

They help build her up and set her free

With her mask gone, she holds her head high

She is who she is and they follow her lead

 

 

But there is a boy who loses his choice

They chop off his hair and they steal his voice

So he pushes back the person he was

And tries to pretend he’s like other boys

 

But that didn’t work, and it never does

The sadness grew deeper the further he dug

He hated himself more than ever before

In his pit of despair, he lost the light above

 

But hair doesn’t define him and neither do they

Not worth a life cut short over the hurt they say

They can’t change him -- and neither can he

He’s stuck with himself at the end of the day

 

 

If you cut yourself down, then what will be left?

A life lived by someone else? A life of regret?

Instead of hating and berating what makes you you,

Like who you are and love what you do

And you’ll leave a mark on the world we’ll never forget

Author's Note

kind of lost the hair descriptors in the second half taking away some of the cohesiveness... any ideas?

Reviews

[Writergurl]

WOW!!! I can relate to this write, This is very good and so well written as well

[Tamika]

Wow wow wow wow!!!!! I absolutely love this piece of writing!! The story you have told is so profound, and I really felt an emotional connection towards this. You write beautifully and poetically yet can still tell a strong story, with a beautiful message behind it. Never stop writing, you are so so talented.

[Luuucy]

Thank you so much! I'm so happy you connected with it! Your review means a lot