5/22/2015 It's not just a haircut It's a promise to myself It's a release It's me allowing ME To show myself It's adopting the attitude Of the confident, the proud The artists The lesbians The black women The feminists The punk rockers All the defiant women Who say "we know you don't accept us But, we accept us And that's all that matters". I've admired them for 19 years I am these women It's more than a haircut It's a promise to myself To stop being a victim Stop hiding within myself To unapologetically And openly And honestly Live MY life Without limits placed by others Without pressures enforced by others It's about me letting ME speak And live And be And it scares the shit out of me But, I'm ready I can't wait to be free Be the badass I want to be I can do it It's always been in me.