Ode to My Hair
This poem and picture are NOT my work. I found it via Black Women Art and as a Naturalista, wanted to share.
“Ode
to my Hair”
by Randolph Williams
I hated you You treated me wrong
You stole my
confidence I couldn’t be strong
Dealing with you was my daily curse
Like a battle
scene I was forced to rehearse
What’s wrong with you? Why can’t you act right?
I’m
done with the struggle I’m too tired to fight.
Everyone says that I should be content
But they just
don’t know how much time I’ve spent
Trying to make this thing work, it’s been my best
years
And still all I have are frustration and tears…
I’m starting to think this just isn’t to be
Perhaps
the best thing
Is to let you go free
I don’t want to admit the things I’ve put you through
I can’t say I’ve ever just let you be you
Please don’t betray me, I’m very afraid
Of what others
will think; that my status will fade
I’ll surrender my ways and give you the wheel
What our
future holds, I must let time reveal
I’m seeing a change, my fears were all wrong
And I’m
changing too; I don’t have to belong!
Now I can’t believe I mistreated you so
All I needed
to do
Was just let you go
So you be yourself, and I’ll be me
And we’ll both be
happy; we are finally free…
