March Is Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month

Jasmine Oguns has Alopecia and she beautifully captures her feelings in this poem to mark the Autoimmune Disease awareness month.......

"BEAUTIFULLY BALD"

I am far from perfection,
And unready for it,
Imperfection is originality.
I was born to be real
Not crafted to be perfect.

The shorter the hair,
The harder they stared.
Murmurs of mockery trailed
My eardrums as I showed
Up in school.
Unruffled at first,
With hopes for a futuristic story of change...
...years ran out...
...and things remained the same.

I was torn apart,
Emotionally Broken down,
Sorely sick,
And physically weakened.
Friends were made in a jiffy,
And lost in the blink of an eye.

Depression seeped into my
Beautiful soul,
Burdened by disappointment
And shame.
In this captivity of anxiety,
Stripped of all confidence,
My sense of humour fled
To distant horizons,
As I lost my mind in totality.

On the verge of giving in,
To suicidal thoughts that sneered
At my despondency;
A voice softly whispered;
"Be who you are,
say what you feel."
"Those who mind don't matter,
And those who matter don't mind."
Friendship isn't about duration,
It's about consistency."

Once plagued with the
Fear of pain,
I finally learnt that pain
Is necessary for Growth.
Imperfect I seemed,
Permanently and inevitably flawed,
Yet so beautiful.
No hair?
Don't care!

No Hair diaries by Jasmine Oguns.
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