Page 8 - self portrait

an ode to my hair

my hair must hate me

because I cut it all the time
but even though I tire of it quickly

I still like it

I’ve chopped it all off

a handful of times
but I've kept it short

for a long while now

I like having short hair

it has become part of who I am
it hints that I am not a girl

to an outside world that needs proof

I want to chop it off again
but that requires accepting

an in between time
when my hair is growing

I don't want to have long hair
and look more like a girl than I already do

but I want to grow it out

so I can chop it off
and feel how it felt to become me

all over again

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