I Wish

Limitating Dreams…

I have ridiculously bright hair, currently it is magenta and Cyan. Though I have been most colours under the rainbow throughout the years, from neon pink to citrus orange. It is part of who I am now and have no hesitation to try different colours.

One side effect of having bright hair is that stranger touch your hair, think it’s a wig and ask a ton of questions. I don’t mind, I have had similar experiences with my tattoos…

I’m saddened when most people I talk to always appear to add ‘I wish’ to their own hair…

I wish I had the courage to do so. I wish I could have a few bright streaks. I wish I could do this with my hair. I wish I was allowed to do this.

People put limitations upon their own desires. Agreed I can accept that if a person has a more professional public facing career and magenta hair would look strange on a lawyer.

But mostly (through observations) it is because people fear what their partners, family, friends or work colleagues would say. Adding fear of what others would think above what they ‘wish’ they could do with their hair. Even to the point where one lady exclaimed that her husband would divorce her if she did something he would not like.

I’ve been told I’m too old for bright hair, yet I have yet to find an age limit on a dye bottle.

Mostly, I feel grateful that I am free to colour my hair and saddened that others ‘wishes’ appear so restrictive.

Imagine how colourful the world would look if everyone who wanted bright hair, actually had bright hair?!