“But it hurts just the same.”

Yes, it hurts just the same. It doesn’t matter where you come from or what you look like, if you have loved someone, your heart has the potential to break just the same. We also hold the fear someone or something will break what we hold dear, whether we see it coming in the form of a “hussy with the good hair” or not. A simple interlude from Dolly Parton or “Dolly P” as this track is entitled, reminds me of this truth.

I may have smiled, getting excited to hear “Jolene” next but memories of my own made my smile lose some of its shine. I remembered what it’s like for my love to be threatened, hollow as it was. I am glad I had women who were my peers and older and more experienced than I to show me that they have been here before. And I was never alone.