My giant life gap that I recently closed

It's been through a lot

More than dye

More than heat

More than a bad cut

It's been ripped out

Glued on

Brushed to hide the patches

I'm didn't know what to do

So I wore hats

I cringed away from the hands of my friends

They wanted to braid it

You know, like normal people do?

And little did they know

So I cut it

Dyed it

Brown-purple-brown-pink-fading

Till I was a different person

A happier person

I wish I could show you

The before and after

Except now it's thick and full again

Still less than shoulder length

I complain about it every day

But now

Looking at this challenge?

I see how grateful I am.