Today’s prompt is called Write It Without Editing
I chose to write about The Long Hair Dilemma for this prompt. Recognize that I am not editing this soooooo, don’t judge me lol. I am continually struggling with my hair and what I want to do versus what I should do. I know that I should be out here with a normal feminine do. I know that in corporate America, being bald, loud and black is a sure fire way to have a hard time. I know that my future husband may want the more feminine, submissive version of Markeyla who has succumb to the norms of the world and to be honest EVERY DAY I struggle to decide if that is who I want to be. I have always been a rebel with my tresses. At 13, I died it a reddish black. At 16, I came home with a tapered blond style. At 19, I cut it off. At 20 I got dreads. At 22 it was gone all over again. My parents have begged me to let it grow; to stop defying the norm. I have looked in the mirror in those rare moments of doubt, thinking maybe just maybe what I was doing was too extreme. Too unnecessarily different. When I got saved I said that I would deny myself the urge to augment my hair. I said that I would leave my hair to grow for two years. That commitment is set to end next August but to be honest I’m stuck in a dilemma. Do I really want hair? Am I really someone who wants to be able to pull my hair into a topknot. Or am I just smiling at the pictures of buns and ponytails because I know it will please my friends and family if I just surrender to one of their requirements of ordinariness. The answer to the question is differnet depending on when you catch me. Some days I’m so content with the concept of typicality that I say I can definitely wait until August. Other days, I’m five minutes from walking to the closest shop and telling the barber to make it rain coarse, black all over the barber floor. Then the logical 23 year-old business woman awakens inside of me and tells me to live like I DON’T WANT to until I can make enough money not to care how people perceive what’s atop my head. So until I am established I’ll work toward normality’s home plate. The second I clear it though! The second that I have done what my hands have toiled to do I’ll celebrate with a foolish hair choice. LOLBS So when you see my hair looking uniquely uncommon and shocking, just know in my mind, I’ve made it lol. Check out my old hairstyles here. What do you think about this dilemma? Should I get over it or should I shave my head?
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More About MkMk is 23 year old Chicagoan. She attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., studying English. Now back in Chicago, Mk has focused on writing her truths. Outside of ATS, she also writes on Youth Alert, a blog for young Christian believers. Mk is also a stylist at Akira Hyde Park. When she isn't working on the Mag, Youth Alert, or at Akira, Mk is with her family, she spends her time with a good book or cooking.
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