This is beautiful, as Susan said, and great storytelling, as Radha shared. It is also MY story with my hair. It's taken me a long long long long long time (I'm 64) to make peace w/ my curls and kinks and, frankly, some days, I still wish it were otherwise...or just a little LESS of itself. WRONG approach, I know. Highlighted the lines that really spoke to me after my dark journey with Brazilian Blow Outs. What a disaster! Thank you, Grace. This poem is a grace - I think I've told you that about your writing before. :)