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My eyes closed as the first snip turned er

Physically, I couldn’t feel pain, but spiritually, I howled in anguish It hurt It hurt so so hting, without screa what made me me

The second snip broke me

It hurts, it hurts, it hurts

The third snip destroyed me

Stop, stop, stop…

The fourth snip co left

"Can’t tell you how satisfying this is" Daniel laughed, cutting with no finesse, hacking through the thick black strands

I was alone in this

Alone and shorn like sohter

All I could do was mourn silently

Snip, snip, snip

My curtain of ebony hair disappeared with every scissor-slice Cascades of thick blackness puddled, devastated and dead, on the blood-red rug I’d given up the last part ofit for hioodbye

To my youth

To my childhood

Snip, snip, snip…

This was the end

Snip, snip, snip…

It was over

I BECAME SOMEONE I never kneas capable of

A er

The hero I needed to be

Nobody would touch her again

Not me

Not e land My land My legacy

I’m here for you, Nila

I’ll fix this

I just hoped I wasn’t too late