Makes me shake just to read it let alone hear it. Being strong is merely a defense mechanism. It’s keep us alive but not safe...check on the strong friends
Me too... I keep reaching inside searching for the moment that will define my existence and I pull back my fist empty.. maybe the truth is I've been afraid of the words I might find if only I could grasp them. I never let ppl in or the thoughts out.. but I always wonder why I feel trapped.
@@triniiam4231 I feel the same. Literally just had an anxiety episode. But I'm fighting everyday to get better and I know I will overcome soon. Just keep fighting sis♥️ You are not alone, you are loved, you matter, you are amazing, you are wonderful and you will overcome and blossom into the purposeful being you were created to be 💪
"Have you ever tried to tell someone you're not okay, and they're like: "You're good!" And you're like "But I'm not." And they're like: "You got this!" And you're like "But I don't" And they're like "Keep going!" And you're like "...Okay"" that whole section just broke my heart because.. yes
"Did I mention, I paid off my student loans with poetry? Can't nobody tell me I'm not the shit but me." LET ME TELL YOU...IT MAY BE DIFFICULT BUT, WITH A PLAN, IT IS POSSIBLE!
“These poems act as self help, I’m a healer, not only for myself, but one time a kid told me he almost killed himself but, he heard one of my poems and decided to keep living, and from that day forward I was like, today is a good day to keep someone alive.” That’s real❤️
4:04 really got to me because I feel that way all the time. And my friends wonder why I don’t share how I feel with them. It’s like I tried and you dismissed it instead of listening!
Exactly what you said is exactly how I've been feeling lately. I try to share, but it gets dismissed as if it's not as important as what they're going through. But yet I'm there for them despite what I'm battling. Sheesh
“If your path is more difficult its because your calling is higher” - i really hope so... its been a hott minute since a Piece made me cry so hard😭. Thank you.
“May you find a lover that helps you love yourself; may you find a lover that doesn’t require you to give more to them than you have give to yourself” 💛
"Don't believe us we are just pretending,...." that hit me on a different level. Those who stay smiling and strong, people don't get the fire they go through behind closed doors.
"I'll be hero and legend, nobody built like me - I designed myself! But every time I climb, my community get co-signed!" Thanks for giving words to the weight of what I've been feeling. Living purpose is not easy - rewarding but not easy. I appreciate the reminder to not let anyone steal my joy - even myself!
I come back and listen to this every single time I'm feeling lost. This one still brings tears to my eyes but it does it because it makes me realize I'm stronger than what I realize.
I don’t know bout anyone else but I know that I have listened to this poem over a thousand times and sometimes I find myself reciting this poem as if it’s mine when it’s not but lord this girl is so amazing she’s my favorite poet
Thank you Ebony! Keep going!!! As a fellow poet / professional speaker, I know how it feels to pour into an audience and leave the room super-charged, only to feel drained by the time you get back to your room. Keep going! Because you are making a difference and charging others batteries with your message.
Thus really resonated with me about myself and my youngest daughter thats gives so much of herself to others....I fear sometimes that she will lose herself and will have nothing to give herself!!
This is beautiful. You are beautiful. You are growing you will fade and you will grow some more been at your prime 9 times and you got as many more coming as you choose. It's up to up to you to win or lose. But rise "if your path is more difficult its because your calling is higher" you go as high as you work for and fall as many times as you choose not to get up and keep fighting. Fighting for the ability to smile the ability to love yourself the drive to keep going to fulfill your heart your soul with joy with happiness that you deserve and nobody can take from you. Keep working Ebony. And filling ears and minds with knowledge experience wisdom positivity and kindness. Dont forget you. Because if you aren't okay you cant do what you love which gives others the feeling of just being okay. ❤much love sister- Morgan PA the city of the love we choose, yet lack so heavily right now.
I love the line in your piece may you find a lover that helps you love yourself. May we find love where we are seen in all our various forms, loved , and our expression is celebrated. Thaknkyou for sharing
Damn.. I actually cried ... This is ME and it's just sitting in my soul.. I'm like who can I share this with....and I can't share it with noone but me..
This poem perfectly embodies how I have felt since coming to college. I'm doing so well, but that doesn't stop me from feeling drained, exhausted, lonely, like im not enough, and so much more, but I love what I do. I know I have success & love in my bones, but sometimes I really do just want a shoulder besides my own to cry on. Thanks for sharing this wonderful piece!
Best thing someone said to me at one of the lowest, grittyest, most painful, lost, alone times of my life, was "you're gonna land on your feet" wow...I could breathe again and I looked forward and around me, and lifted my eyes to thank god, for that lady on call during that lostass point I was in
I wish being a good person paid more... I heard it's the wounds people can't see that hurt the most But I've seen sunsets that look like tomorrow. ... You're inspiring! Love what you do and do it with excellence. This one line I will always remember, "If your path is more difficult it's because your calling is higher." And indeed my path is difficult and dark because I can't see my next step in front of me all the time.
Sooo many gems here!! “If your path is more difficult, it’s because your calling is higher” “Can’t nobody tell me I’m not the shit but me” “I have so much advice that are really options or maybe they’re really just hard facts I haven’t hardly learned yet” “Check on your strong friends. Don’t believe us, I promise we’re pretending”
Don’t know what this means for someone who writes spoken word poems to never have cried at another’s work...until now. Thank you so much @Ebony Stewart!! I would quote a line but every word resounds so deeply within me, blunt and beautiful!!
There are bumpy paths and this inspired me to achieve my goals going through depression emotionally abusive relationships at a young age wondering if I’ll ever find love but why em I focusing on love and I’m young and have my whole life ahead of me … telling myself the future will await me a man for the woman I am becoming
I know her, and we've competed on many the same stage. I'm am an avid #MentalHealthAwareness advocate and spoken word performer, and I love this so much. I travel the country trying to bring that awareness on stages, in classrooms, hospitals, and on my TH-cam channel, so I get excited when I see other advocates. 💙❤
"Check on your strong friends! Don't believe us, I promise we are just pretending." Wow!!! 💫
So true
That line spoke to me the most.
@@BD401K same!
Makes me shake just to read it let alone hear it. Being strong is merely a defense mechanism. It’s keep us alive but not safe...check on the strong friends
Right :( !!
"If your path is more difficult, it's because your calling is higher". Nice! I felt that!
Me too... I keep reaching inside searching for the moment that will define my existence and I pull back my fist empty.. maybe the truth is I've been afraid of the words I might find if only I could grasp them. I never let ppl in or the thoughts out.. but I always wonder why I feel trapped.
Yes
@@triniiam4231 I feel the same. Literally just had an anxiety episode. But I'm fighting everyday to get better and I know I will overcome soon. Just keep fighting sis♥️ You are not alone, you are loved, you matter, you are amazing, you are wonderful and you will overcome and blossom into the purposeful being you were created to be 💪
@@theliberatedqueen603 love power & positivity to you ♥️ thanks
I felt that.
Because whew.
"Have you ever tried to tell someone you're not okay, and they're like:
"You're good!"
And you're like "But I'm not."
And they're like: "You got this!"
And you're like "But I don't"
And they're like "Keep going!"
And you're like "...Okay""
that whole section just broke my heart because.. yes
Yeah, I felt it.
Yes that is me
Bruh.
...same here.
Heart's broken...
Wow.
"Did I mention, I paid off my student loans with poetry? Can't nobody tell me I'm not the shit but me." LET ME TELL YOU...IT MAY BE DIFFICULT BUT, WITH A PLAN, IT IS POSSIBLE!
I respect you
"It's the wounds people can't see that hurt the most" 🔥🔥🔥
“These poems act as self help, I’m a healer, not only for myself, but one time a kid told me he almost killed himself but, he heard one of my poems and decided to keep living, and from that day forward I was like, today is a good day to keep someone alive.”
That’s real❤️
Has to mean something that I stumbled upon this right before I went to sleep...right when I needed it most 😭🙏🏾🙌🏾
Me too bro. Now I'm crying 😭
Right on TIME.... I needed this as much as it Needed to be Expressed!!!
Thanks SIS...
Glad you found yourself better in this.
💜 "I wish being a good person paid more"
“I wish being a good person paid more”
“ I heard it’s the wounds people can’t see that hurts the most” whewww chileee felt
4:04 really got to me because I feel that way all the time. And my friends wonder why I don’t share how I feel with them. It’s like I tried and you dismissed it instead of listening!
Exactly what you said is exactly how I've been feeling lately. I try to share, but it gets dismissed as if it's not as important as what they're going through. But yet I'm there for them despite what I'm battling. Sheesh
Those aren't friends.
Wow " I wish being a good person paid more." I wish it did.
“If your path is more difficult its because your calling is higher” - i really hope so... its been a hott minute since a Piece made me cry so hard😭. Thank you.
I hope so too hun! I hope you're doing alright for real. Sending love! ❤️❤️
“May you find a lover that helps you love yourself; may you find a lover that doesn’t require you to give more to them than you have give to yourself” 💛
“Can’t no body tell me I ain’t the shit but ME”
“So I say I be Hero and Legend”
❤️
"Can't nobody steal my joy; not even myself" 👏
The hero and legend. She's incredible.
Hey I checked out your music. Ur incredible too✨ #HeroAndLegend
He IS!
"I was draining and screaming but everyone was thinking, I was swimming and smile"
😪😪😪😪
“I’m the kind of giant that’s been through what I’ve been through and you can still depend on..”
4 years later and this still relevant and it heals me😢
5:20 blew my little mind. Thank you.
Always come across these poems right when I need to hear them. This was beautiful.
I cried like a baby and felt every word in my soul. 💛
Me too
Just trew my beer in the bin. And ran to my dog . Thank U i needed u right when U spoke to me .
It's the wounds that people don't see that hurt the most💞💞
@5:13 "if your path is more difficult its because your calling is higher" I felt that through an through
It's the wounds people can't see that hurts the most.
"Don't believe us we are just pretending,...." that hit me on a different level.
Those who stay smiling and strong, people don't get the fire they go through behind closed doors.
"I been in my prime like nine times" COME ON EBONY!!!
'I pray, I leave something good behind'...Humbling, powerful, creative. inspiring, real poem...I love you Ebony..Keep soaring higher
"I'll be hero and legend, nobody built like me - I designed myself! But every time I climb, my community get co-signed!" Thanks for giving words to the weight of what I've been feeling. Living purpose is not easy - rewarding but not easy. I appreciate the reminder to not let anyone steal my joy - even myself!
Oh... im sobbing!
Goddess Stewart if you read this from the very depths of my being I want to say THANK YOU❤
Ebony Stewart is the truth.
Why am I crying. The student loan part. Lawd cover mine's
No....thank you Ebony, thank you for everything you do to remind us that we don't struggle alone.
I come back and listen to this every single time I'm feeling lost. This one still brings tears to my eyes but it does it because it makes me realize I'm stronger than what I realize.
“No one can tell when I’m not doing well but me”🥺
Ebony, I love you. I love your poetry. Thanks for being real, and helping us get through the day.
"I wish being a good person paid more." YES!!!!! Public health worker and musician here. Thank you!
Do what you love, God is good
Needed this. Applause to the poet. Profound.
These poems act as self help imma healer! Dis part hit me also....
Can't noboby take my joy not even my self! Dis part to.....
Why haven’t I heard this girl until now??
Sent this to my daughter.. thank you
Awesome! You have a word for all generations!
Today is a good day to keep someone alive ❤️
I Love Everything This Woman Touches! All Hail The Gully Queen ❤️💯😍
'today is a good day to keep someone alive'- Thank you.
I don’t know bout anyone else but I know that I have listened to this poem over a thousand times and sometimes I find myself reciting this poem as if it’s mine when it’s not but lord this girl is so amazing she’s my favorite poet
Keep doing what you do you inspire poets like me. Much love
Serve👏🏽. Them👏🏽. Sis👏🏽!
Beautiful!! IF YOU TELL YOURSELF YOU CAN OR IF YOU TELL YOURSELF YOU CAN'T... BOTH ARE TRUE!! DEPENDS ON WITCH LION ONE FEEDS.
Thank you Ebony! Keep going!!! As a fellow poet / professional speaker, I know how it feels to pour into an audience and leave the room super-charged, only to feel drained by the time you get back to your room. Keep going! Because you are making a difference and charging others batteries with your message.
I love her😭❤❤
Love this and thank you Ebony Stewart. Sharing with my 47-year-old son who's going thru some things right now.
cLaiming it like the Queen you are 🤩👸🏿🤩
Thus really resonated with me about myself and my youngest daughter thats gives so much of herself to others....I fear sometimes that she will lose herself and will have nothing to give herself!!
I cried so much and I'm not really sure why. Thank you for these words xxx
This is beautiful. You are beautiful. You are growing you will fade and you will grow some more been at your prime 9 times and you got as many more coming as you choose. It's up to up to you to win or lose. But rise "if your path is more difficult its because your calling is higher" you go as high as you work for and fall as many times as you choose not to get up and keep fighting. Fighting for the ability to smile the ability to love yourself the drive to keep going to fulfill your heart your soul with joy with happiness that you deserve and nobody can take from you.
Keep working Ebony. And filling ears and minds with knowledge experience wisdom positivity and kindness. Dont forget you. Because if you aren't okay you cant do what you love which gives others the feeling of just being okay. ❤much love sister- Morgan PA
the city of the love we choose, yet lack so heavily right now.
The one dislike is from abusive ex
HIGH KEY!
"These poems act as self help, I'm a healer"🥺🙏🏿
I love the line in your piece may you find a lover that helps you love yourself. May we find love where we are seen in all our various forms, loved , and our expression is celebrated. Thaknkyou for sharing
Damn.. I actually cried ... This is ME and it's just sitting in my soul.. I'm like who can I share this with....and I can't share it with noone but me..
I'm not watching this for the first time, but it's new everytime I watch it. It's like falling in love with a person everytime you see them.
she done did this so many times
i know this by heart
she NEVER misses!
Shout out to ebony Stewart.... You changed my life forever
Yikes I'm so touched. 😩 ❤️
I've watched this 4 times already so I'm awake writing
Deep deep deep. I'm a choreographer and dancer but been fighting so much. U speaking My life. I can dance this. Deep
Goosebumps everytime
This poem perfectly embodies how I have felt since coming to college. I'm doing so well, but that doesn't stop me from feeling drained, exhausted, lonely, like im not enough, and so much more, but I love what I do. I know I have success & love in my bones, but sometimes I really do just want a shoulder besides my own to cry on. Thanks for sharing this wonderful piece!
"what good is a God dat can't speak life into somebody."
Dat's deep😔😔
Damn!....👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Best thing someone said to me at one of the lowest, grittyest, most painful, lost, alone times of my life, was "you're gonna land on your feet" wow...I could breathe again and I looked forward and around me, and lifted my eyes to thank god, for that lady on call during that lostass point I was in
This is amazing u are my idol, you are saving me just buy listening I need to come to your one of your shows.
Stunning. Thank you and look after YOU!!!! x
Thank you 🖤 thank you a million times!
Love her!! Your calling is higher!!!!!
I wish being a good person paid more...
I heard it's the wounds people can't see that hurt the most
But I've seen sunsets that look like tomorrow.
...
You're inspiring! Love what you do and do it with excellence. This one line I will always remember, "If your path is more difficult it's because your calling is higher." And indeed my path is difficult and dark because I can't see my next step in front of me all the time.
Can’t go day without listening!
Sooo many gems here!!
“If your path is more difficult, it’s because your calling is higher”
“Can’t nobody tell me I’m not the shit but me”
“I have so much advice that are really options or maybe they’re really just hard facts I haven’t hardly learned yet”
“Check on your strong friends. Don’t believe us, I promise we’re pretending”
God knows I needed to hear this. Thank you Ebony for sharing your gift with us. We need it.
Check in your strong friends..
Damn, I felt that
One of the greats
This poetry changed my life
Don’t know what this means for someone who writes spoken word poems to never have cried at another’s work...until now. Thank you so much @Ebony Stewart!! I would quote a line but every word resounds so deeply within me, blunt and beautiful!!
There are bumpy paths and this inspired me to achieve my goals going through depression emotionally abusive relationships at a young age wondering if I’ll ever find love but why em I focusing on love and I’m young and have my whole life ahead of me … telling myself the future will await me a man for the woman I am becoming
ugh. im sobbing.
I felt the emotions on this one
You make me cry
Thank you. I mean it. Heard it in an important moment.
Sista sista making moves, gave me goosebumps
God bless you Ebony. May you find strength in your weakest moments. This is beautiful❤️
She just spoke my entire life.
beautiful JUST BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.
Thank you ❤
Baby girl I felt your words deep inside my heart..
Thank you...
Love and Light 💖
Namaste 🙏
I know her, and we've competed on many the same stage. I'm am an avid #MentalHealthAwareness advocate and spoken word performer, and I love this so much. I travel the country trying to bring that awareness on stages, in classrooms, hospitals, and on my TH-cam channel, so I get excited when I see other advocates. 💙❤
Wow thank you so much for your art Queen Ebony!!