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Haircut

    Bria Lamonica
    @Brialamonica
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    Can you be fearless and also full of fear?

    I stare at myself in the mirror of the hair salon, watching Kristina take scissors to my long hair.

    I fear that once she cuts it off, the sinking feeling in my chest won’t fall with it.

    It will stay.

    This happens every time I come here,

    I think to myself as I remember to blink my eyes.

    What if it does stay? I make a face at my reflection as

    Kristina starts to snip away the dead strands that are

    full of heavy memories.

    The strands drop to the floor, and they don’t make a sound.

    But I feel like they should.

    My shoulders ease as she works her way across my back, long pieces of hair leaving me abruptly and

    without

    hesitation.

    Yep. They're definitely heavy.

    Before I know it,

    it's time to get out of the chair. Time to run my fingers through the short strands.

    It’s nice to be able to cut off a piece of yourself that is weighing you down, that remembers the things you don’t want it to.

    I hope one day I will want to keep my hair long.