When your hair is locking, it is forming in revolutions. 360 degrees,

Absolute completeness. Each Lock has a story. I have had locks for 10 yrs and I am now 17. Thats over 4000 thousand days of revolutions.

As my hair is becoming complete, so am I.



If I did not have locs would I still be me?

I have never had a haircut so does my strength come from my hair?

I love my mane but sometimes change is necessary

My mom never wants me to cut my hair so if I did

would I disappoint or betray her?

I do not want anyone to influence my decision to cut these ties

God blessed me with this crown so would I disappoint him too?

If I disappoint, shouldn’t the failure be of greater depth. Of my soul, of my strength, where my identity truly lies, not in the length of my locks. Locked into this image of me, but inside I’m free. Not defined by what you see on the outside

This is my crown. My queendom. My garden.

I am the vines wrapping myself around the people I love, I am the roots in the soil of memories and traditions, I’ve grown and bloomed. I am Life, nurture me and water me with your blessings and knowledge.