My hair started falling out.
At first there were only a few,
later by the handful in the shower.
Some stayed on my pillow
after I had left.

Some I plucked, clinging,
from the shoulder of a blouse
or sweater. Loss can be like this;
the natural result of protein or
some other deficiency.

Concealed by so many others,
one goes hardly noticed until
part of you is left exposed -
loneliness like a bald spot you
you can no longer deny.