Flying to Infinity.
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Sometimes freedom is just tossing your hair,

sometimes being able to laugh.

Freedom is so simplified that we thought anyone could achieve it. We are wrong. Freedom is a concept that is so difficult to reach for some women even when it is so simple.

If you can liberate your hair, you cannot even wish to dye it because at least you have the simplest freedom. You try to be pleased because you can taste the simplest freedom. You know you can’t reach more. That’s how limited freedom is sometimes. It’s ridiculous until those who have faced it tell you.

You count the days to fly, to get out of the cage. Every time you flap your wings, they put you back in the cage. You’re afraid of flapping your wings. They say that you should be strong, shush, just accept it, it’s your destiny.

No, this is not my destiny.

My hair loves the wind. I love applying nail polish. I love being able to wear dresses and make-up when meeting with my friends. I want to be called this girl happy when I laugh out loud. I want to have the things that are my right from birth. Even when freedom is so simple, not being able to have it is crushing me.

“Be yourself!” in every self-help book. I know myself very well, but I am not given the right to live like me. I’ve always been afraid of not being myself. I was afraid of not living the identity I found. Now I suffer because freedom is taken away from me when I could taste it.

I was a caged bird. I had shining feathers and strong wings, but they cut my wings off. I waited, I grew up, I learned to fly. Whenever I flew, my wings were clipped again. I love flying, I want my wings.

I’m still waiting, growing, developing. I will fly again. I am angry, nervous, and unhappy. I want to be myself. I want to be myself even if I am criticized. I’ll fly again, ı am gathering strength. Freedom seems unattainable to me even when simplified, but I will reach the top. I’ll make it, but this time I won’t let them to do it. I will be happy, I will be free. No matter what anyone says. I will be like myself.

Note: Written inspired by the stories of the people around me. Thank you for sharing these problems with me and being inspiring.
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['Hair', 'Women', 'Freedom', 'Girls', 'Girl Power']