Making a Change

I am going to shave off my hair tonight. I am going to be a beautiful African woman who is no longer held down by oppression. People can think what they want, but I know I am beautiful beyond what even I myself could ever imagine. For it is not the outside that matters most, it is the inside that gives me most of my radiance and glow (but I'm still a hot momma, tehe). For the Lord, I live my life and happiness, purity and clarity I will claim as mine. I am going to let go of this socially constructed disapproval of being myself and loving myself for who and what I am. I am beautifully and wonderfuly made. Every hair on my body and head is where and how it is suppposed to be. I am in love with the idea of seeing me for me, getting rid of the distractions on my head that blocks what I see.

I am Victoria. And I feel as if I am being welcomed in the arms of my true identity.