When Hair grows back....
Letter to the one with the shears pointed at her locks. Beloved, You will tell your friend that you want to cut your hair, just a few weeks after the breakup. She will ask you if you really want to do this or if its the pain talking. She has already held you as you cried, was one of the first people you told when it happened so she understands. You assure her that it is not the heartbreak, but the craving for something new. If only you knew that those two are the same thing. You decide not to do it then, but months later, on a random August morning, you wake up to grab a pair of scissors and chop off 5years of dreadlocks. You do not really know what you are doing and why. Are you just chopping off hair, or are you letting go of an identity? Is this just for fun or is this another way to silence the screaming inside? Yes, it is unbearably hot and the hair has become too heavy to carry but is this not the hair you've prided yourself in growing for the past years? It doesnt ma...