It's not just hair

It's not just hair

It's my identity

It's part of my

Feminine quality

That makes me...ME!

It's not just hair

Falling beneath

The chair

It's chemotherapy

It's poisoning

My internal chemistry

Killing the enemy

Endlessly

This medical remedy

Has me sea sick

Shipwrecked

In my own bed

As waves crash down

Repeatedly

Making my body feel

Dreadfully like

A cancer felony

This is the penalty

Baldness appears

With countless stares

Never ending stairs

Climbing each one with

Out my hair

No where to hide

I'm in the open, so bare

Only way to survive

Is through prayer

My body

Uncomfortable

Like sitting in

An electric chair

sweaty palms

Head strong but

So out there

Chemo beware

Countless tears

Yet I know people care

My mind is so

Unaware

No way to prepare

It's NOT just hair

It's the sign of

Despair, NO!

It's the sign of

making YOU aware

My body is carrying

A poisonous flare

I'm fighting for my life!

I want my hair!

It's so unfair

I want to hide

Away from this ride

And lay with

My curls by my side

My face that will

Never lie

It defines me &

My life & my timeline

Yes, I understand

That I must

Comply

A battle of war cries

A battle I will

Fight! Defy! Conquer! Fly!

It's not just hair

It's my identity

It's the part of

My feminine quality

That makes me...Me!

And Cancer temporarily

Sold my I.D.

That's why I don't feel

FREE!!!

I don't recognize me?

I don't hear your

Compliments

About my pretty face

Or my integrity

I somehow can't hear

Your questions

So sorry &

Respectfully

And I know

My life is on the line

So much empathy

And Sympathy

And people telling me

That I'm still me

Even though I

Don't feel like me

I'm beyond blessed

Immeasurably

Amen! I agree

Yet, all I can think about

Is that miss my hair

Incredibly....