Now I Am Bald is a poem written by Lynn White and shared with The Ugly Writers under the theme Distance We Make
Now I am bald and
a fashionista by default,
as it was never my fashion
before
and no one followed me
but now,
heads are shaved
as if following
in my footsteps,
following my trail
of discarded hair
now lost
with my identity.
Now I am bald,
my head as naked as my fears
fears I can’t lose,
fears unattached
while my hair is un-attachable,
filling the teeth of my comb,
and lying on my pillow
in tufts of terror.
Chemo does that –
forces me
to hunger
for my loss
forces me to follow
or face my fate
bewigged
Now I am bald.
First published in Ma’at’s Feather, Spring 2026
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