prelude: all the colors my hair has worn

	/

Copper
divorce
blue
bleached out
break, break, break
red

regret--

but none quite as patriotic
as it was
bunched
and pulled
in your palms.

from all the colors my hair has worn, track released October 30, 2016

Orooj-e-Zafar Islamabad, Pakistan

I love stories and pouring meaning into everything humans do.

learning to be softer since '96.

Orooj-e-Zafar recommends:

The Everafter LP
by Witness

lyrics that make my heart stop. Orooj-e-Zafar
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