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Did you know
My hair has the strength of 10 men?
It can bend, straighten and revert back at the drop of water?
In the winter months
Moisture deserts my hair like leaves fall from trees?
So I have to oil it up
Plat it up
Tie it up
In satin scarves and bonnets to keep the moisture in
You say that you dont like black women who wear bonnets to sleep at night
We say
That you know nothing about hair
Protective of it like our children
We drew mazes in them for you to escape
Stored food for you to eat
With our,
Twists, braids, Locs, cornrows
Sew-ins, blow outs, colored hair
Straight, curly, Afros
We are so universal
So dope
Such trendsetters
Do not beg for acceptance in a society that doesn’t accept you
Glow in your own
Step to your own beat
Begin your own beginning
We are exclusive
Because We have no choice
And those who cannot appreciate
Those who choose not to understand
Who would dare to call us “ghettoâ€
Those who would dare to Compare us to other races of women..........
Do not deserve to be in our presence
-Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.
Rumi
