Our gravity-defying hair
Our hair riots and rebels
against the things
that try to tame us
that try to shame us
our hair sustains us
Gives us pride
it is beautiful
With every twist, kink and loc
We sing praises of our hair
as it goes through phases
braids,
cornrows,
shuku,
dreadlocks,
box braids,
Beads in our hair
clinking as we play hopscotch
As we do Double Dutch
Our hair full of its own wisdom,
rocking and bobbing in a natural fro
With a Black panther power spring in our step
We walk with strength and purpose
We will continue to refuse to cower
Because we know we can-knot
be stopped
NO!
Our hair, sparkling with a black girl magic spell
our magic courses through our veins
and grows out in our hair
The smell of shea butter
coconut hair cream
scalp spray
conditioner
“ breath in ”
reminding us of last night potion
Mmmnhmn!
creating this stunning
This stark
This radiant
head a’ hair
moisturized n’ curly
Smelling good
Feeling good
looking good
all the things we put into our
kinky
lustrous hair
to beautify
with care
all the broken combs that fought with our hair but never won the fight
all the gel that tried to tame our hair
pulled back tight
all the
creams n’
conditioners
and relaxers
from Just for Me Hair Relaxer
To Luster's Pink Oil Moisturizer
our tall coiling Crowns
are written stories
with curled cursive words
Our coils hold the stories of survivors
The story of us
The story of our ancestors
of our culture
of our past
of our present
of our future
of our beginning
of our ending
Our origins
Our Hair empowers us
Hair is an identifier
Our hair tells the story of power
The story of influence
Our hair holds emotion
it holds our pain
it holds our history
Learning to braid hair
the art passing through
generations of strong black women
our hair in its different but wonderful shapes
shaping history
shaping cultures
shaping paths
cutting combs making paths through our hair
like the ones
We..
walk through
the pain we endured
as black girls as Black women
Our hair does knot Stand Down
It stands up
demands what it wants
Just like us, black girls,
Place your crown atop your head
Whatever it may look like
whatever it may be
Embrace who you are
from head to toe
wear your crown with your head held up high
How...evaa way you chose to style it
just know you are rocking it
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