look, i say as i dance around

look at the way my white hairs
are co operating to be the most adorable
little bright highlights

i had been uncomfortable with them at first
had considered covering them with blonde
blonde would make better highlights, obviously
except
to make them blonde
i'd have to dye, or rinse, or whatever
all my hairs
not just the offending white ones
and
though that wouldn't change the color, as such
i decided it would, in all likelihood, change the tone
so i didn't
i just let it be
to preserve the beautiful color of my hair
until such time as there was too much white for it to be beautiful hair anymore
and then
then i'd reconsider the whole concept of dye

the whole mass of hair was beginning to look
better
it had been looking a little rough
frizzy, dry
i'm tempted to use words like grizzled
though of course that's not fair

i'm using a new shampoo and conditioner
i have no idea what they are called
who makes them
what they contain
they have a serum-like quality
and the bottles are purple with a phoenix bird
or at least i see it as a phoenix bird

i dance around again, shake my head
you love me you know, i say smilingly
yep, you found me out
what ya gonna do about that

hmmmm