Plantation Hair

"Plantation Hair."

This was a term a female used to describe
her hair but this is derogatory at best.
Along with hating our unique looks our lips, noses,
and shapes we hate our hair along with the rest.
We've even accepted the derogatory statements
of our enemies like Nappy and Kinky too.
Yet we won't accept the fact that we were the
first created of Yah, your Father looks like you.
Africa is the cradle of civilization it's been proven
that the Black man and woman were here first.
Upon this knowledge and not the newest texturizer
I hope you would quench your thirst.
In His image and likeness we were created we
have everything from our Father above.
But being in these United Snakes we are just
like our enemy truly void of His Love.
We now see ourselves as the enemy and our self
destruction looms as we murder each other everyday.
What we don't do with a bullet or a knife we're
killing each other with the things we say.
We have bought in the notion that the enemy
White washed us with that we're Lazy and No good.
But they came and got us from Africa to do
their work this is clearly understood.
England purged their prisons and sent the worst
to the New World and the rest is history.
Wherever they landed they brought with them
so much crime, hate, and misery.
They even created their own god fashioned after
Zeus with straight hair to look like them.
An image that does not fit Yah's Revelation
description their Zeus does not look like Him.
Our hair is curled which shows movement
and movement shows life as well.
There is a variety of styles we can wear our hair
from braids, afros, twists, and more I'm here to tell.
We aren't the whole sum of our hair but our hair
is a part of who Yah created us to be.
When I look at our hair Nappy, Kinky, or Plantation
hair isn't something that I see.

shelly david wright, poet
healingheartspoetry@yahoo.com