A few weekends ago, I sat around with some of my favorite girlfriends in the kitchen and talked about hair.
I actually wrote this one a few months ago, but this one is for you ladies…
Natural
To the brown girls
with the brown curls
consider This
your song
cut-Close
curly Kinks
freestyle ‘Fro
textured Twists
luxurious Locs
your hair
ROCKS to the beat
of ancestral drums
strong rhythms
rise from your
roots
each strand
stands to tell your
truths
tight or loose
they recite
from whence
you come
and though
some
simply
can’t fathom
how
like Sampson
there’s power
in the natural
of your hair
your kinks
dare them to think
twice
and whether
approving eyes
think its nice
or
disapproving ones
think its not
don’t you ever
stop
rockin’ that
beautiful ‘do
the way you so
brilliantly
do
because
it looks
absolutely
Perfect
on
You.
-cdt, 8/14/09
(c) Cipriana Thompson 2009





















