self acceptance poetry
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Every Curl Counts
She comes in the room,Hair a blaze.A rats nest,A crazy maze. They bounce,And they flutter.Filled with light,Making the whole world shudder. People straighten,And brush.Hiding before society’s eyes,Refusing the discovery how to rise. Coils and curls galore,Frizzy and tangled,A head of hair so strangled,Dull and decrepit,A burden. Mask the natural,Redo and Revise.Don’t let them see,What a… Continue reading