Journey Hair Poems

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        Some in the audience 
         shook their heads in...

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*** In the Dream Foretold *** A Devotion Series Poem

I am getting over paralysis from nerves twisted along my spine.  The agonies are
passing, but...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Distance Squared

The speed of light
is exactly how fast
my heart sends;
every prayer, 
every good thought, 
every perfect wish! 

The bright candle between us, 
it is the...

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Just Strands of Straw

I look into the mirror, 
my hair has dropped to the sink. 
It is a trail of tears, 
years of taking care...

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I can no longer enjoy
looking down upon
those locks,
those once silky,
long, bouncy locks 
that sustained your stroking,
that absorbed your scent,
that grew 
to the longevity
of our relationship,
carried...

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These locs/D's locs

These locs of mine. 
D's locs are mine.
An escape from a 
tragically processed past.
A challenge to embrace 
what was considered 
too brash, 
too...

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Samson reborn within
brand name garden variety
twentieth century *****sapien
hirsute trademark characteristic
electrified, empowered, enamored
mirrored reflection validated

substantial flowing luscious tresses
superseded body, mind, and spirit triage
prioritized as most...

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A young child is born innocent and sweet
A life that lies ahead many people to meet
Without a hair on his head
They bet on the colour...

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I see a visage on the mirror,
One of virility and maturity
I hold a straight edge blade,
Close to my lathered face
Two sides for several strokes
And gone...

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Celebrate versatility, of every ethnicity
Un-marginalise, break social exclusion, transcending illusions
A streaming subject that runs deep
Of chemical appliance, let go of the defiance
Un-tick the boxes, esteeming...

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SHARING MY GREY HAIR

“About the Journey”
Lots of things happen in this life
That Gray hair is a symptom of.
Trust, they did not come cheaply.
And it does...

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As each lock of my hair
Fell loose to ground in despair
And from behind my mirror
Crawled out a picture of terror
Away, I turned my face in...

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I saw a woman with no hair
Thank God that was not me
But I would gladly have gone bare
If that would let me be.

I know how...

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