November

This time, last year,
I cut my hair very short
after wearing it long.

It was down to the middle of my back,
but on my nineteenth birthday,
I became very depressed
and cut it into a short boy- style.

I took my cut- off hair,
and threw it outside,
off the porch of the house I shared with my two friends.

My best friend at the time,
a sweet Choctaw boy from McCurtain County
said I shouldn't have thrown the hair outside,
because Choctaw legend says cut hair left outside,
will attract bad spirits to find me
and give me bad luck.

You came into my Life about the time I cut my hair
This time, last year, with my hair cut short,
and my foolish Heart on my sleeve.