Baldness- a Haiku
My haiku about the day 14 surprise I received during chemo treatments for Leukemia.
Changes overnight
Hair flutters down the pillow
must embrace baldness
Published by Rissa Watkins
Rissa is a freelance writer whose first love is fiction. Her contest winning short story has been published in the book "Elements of the Soul", and she is currently working on her first novel. She is availab... View profile
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Post a Commentbeautiful and god bless you and yours
Way to hang in there, kid!
Great haiku, Rissa! Very much luck to you! :)
Great haiku, Rissa! Very much luck to you! :)
Bald is certainly beautiful in your case, Rissa!!! Love ya!!
You are so beautiful Rissa.
No worries! You look great!
"Embrace!" What a most wonderful description of your new beauty style - Just think of the hair product money you are saving right now :-) Always sending you my positive energy and prayer.
My good friend Bunny got the most incredible black, curly hair - better than her dark brown that she lost, says.
Well done!