Un-Dignified Mirror I was sleeping
and in my dreams an image came to me
it was myself as I am now
but my hair was trimmed neat and short.
It was myself that I saw
but it was a self with no shaggy mop to wave so free
it was a self without dignity
because I will never let them
depreciate me
by cutting my hair.
My hair is me
because my hair is free
if you cut it
you have cut me
and rendered me impotent and worthless.
Staring at myself
in an un-dignified mirror
and I don't like what I see
so I promise myself
I will never let it be