Am I Ugly?

Am I ugly to you? Because weave is not flowing from my head, held on by some glue or some thread?

You seem to think a black woman like me, should be ashamed of my natural crown because it's kinky.

Am I ugly to you? Would you prefer I go get a relaxer?  You see the problem with that is that I'll have no hair after.

You see the one thing that you don't seem to understand, is that I'd rather be single with a head full of healthy hair than bald with relaxer burns and a man.

Am I ugly to you? Because you feel like hawaiian silky is better?  It seems that you are more concerned with aesthetics than making our people's minds better.

You see a long time ago slave masters put us against each other by making their own mixed kids, putting them in the house and telling them they were better people, telling them that the ones with the kinky hair outside were not their equal.

And it's sad to say that it worked because as a people we haven't been the same sense.  Instead of embracing our uniqueness we strive to copy others.  Not realizing that an entire people kill themselves daily with plastic surgeries to look like us.

Am I ugly to you? Because I don't do what everyone else does? Well that's kinda good to hear because I like being different and going my own course.

If you look in the mirror and don't like what you see...how 'bout you fix your own shit and stop taking it out on me!

(created/owned By Nissa K)
*The End*
~the first poetic installment of hello world~