Tie Your Hair

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Published February 8, 2023
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The Montclarion
My lion’s mane comes roaring in.

“Straighten your curls.”

For your frizzy hair,

seemingly untamed,

you will forever

be ruled as different.

“Just brush them out.”

For your complicated hair,

seemingly wild,

you will forever

be ruled as loud.

“Straighten your curls.”

“Brush them out.”

“Will you just tie your hair?”

Why do you continue to be different?

Why do you try to be loud?

They’ve told me about it all:

de-frizz, de-tangle, de-stress,

de-lusional

is what they are for thinking it will just go away.

They’ve tried to cut it

but my lion’s mane comes roaring in.

On my best days it is all I am.

To suppress it is not an option.

My voice is frizzy.

Seemingly untamed, actually defined.

Different, as they’d call it

It speaks honestly, revealing harsh truth

I will not tie my hair to silence it.

My voice is complicated

Seemingly wild, actually free.

Loud, as they’d call it.

It screams to be heard,

I will not tie my hair to silence it.

My hair is a force of nature

A voice of reason

One to be reckoned with

It swirls and bounces to protect its peace

I will not tie my hair to silence my voice.

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