Ouuu this is so good, very creative, powerful, and concise 🥹🔥

"Sweetheart, you are God's beloved daughter, you are beautiful from the inside out, forget the world's impossible standards, you are worthy of all the good things in life. God's grace and mercy is sufficient for all your needs." Thank you for sharing, you will bring healing to many through your poetry, so keep at it no matter what some may say. ❤🕊 ✨

Absolutely love Zachary and his work. My favorite poet!

more of a comment really

This, but its my brother

🔥 🔥 🔥

*finger snaps*

😂🔥🔥

This made me tear up 🥲

My spoken-word poem FOR KAMALA!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3LacpahosqlbNksi=-Pwf52xSYuL8P65c

Don’t usually listen to spoken word but love this. From another Arizonan 💕

A great poem, thank you for sharing

If that wasn’t amazing

Omfg!✨😭✨

this is too good ,, i keep coming back to the video

This poem gave me goosebumps and the chills . I absolutely love it! Shockie G - you have spoken what my own words have failed too find . This poem needs to be heard by everyone. I would love to hear more of your Poetry.

This is just WOW. I think it is a testament to the kind of person you are Ezra, that you took all of that and put it into your poetry - your art . Part of me feels heard hearing this . Thank you.

What do you have to do to be able to read?

fitz

Fig leaf post its 🤣😂💀

she ateee

1:03 it’s crazyyyyy!!!!!! Mannnn

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Love this!

VA!MOS! 🫰🏽🫰🏽🔥

👏👏👏🙏

Tik Tok brought me here

I'm so sorry Sam. I knew she was extreme at times, but I never imagined she was horrifically abusive to that degree. If I hadn't been a country away I would have done all that I could do to protect you kids more. 😭

THATS MY FRIEND!!! 👏🏽

Where are all the likes?! I would like this x1000 if I could. Thank you. Come back & let us know when you get your chance to be that good dad...

when they said i still miss u. 😭😭noooo don't text them. the best is yet to come ❤

loved every second. Great performance (short) king!

Fuck fam!!!! I hope we don't lose you before you become recognized a and intelligent and recognized poet!!!!! Your incredible and your word matter! Trust me you've made a difference

I love you and god loves you - keep being you!

Yes! I agree! “Who the fuck decided on this mission!?” I for one am tired of eating the scraps thrown to the dogs!

I'm still a people pleaser. 😞

Wow… you put your soul out there for us to cherish… moving, humble, powerful… thank you

Thank you fitz. This is great!

yes to allllllla this <3 CHEEEEEE MUFFFFFUGN HOOOOO!!!

these cats are my only real accessible source of pure joy, connection, affection, and comfort... I was not ready for the big feels this piece brought up 😭❤

This is vulnerability in action. Vulnerability in acknowledging the pain and embracing it too. Completely touched, John. Thank you 💛

this is just... so accurate 😭💕

I had the same experience my mother died 3 years ago it took me 2wks to cry you realize after she's gone that you do love her you just hate that you could never could fix the broken heart

so powerful + brave ❤

So real!!! So much love for you!! Plz keep writing and sharing

So, so, so good. Absolutely breathtaking and utterly heartbreaking. So sad to have missed it in person

This is so good!

Oh my god this is absolutely devastating and gorgeous, thank you for sharing this and performing!

i really fucking love this poem

I've followed RJ Walker for quite a while, and always thought that it was a shame that I can never find particularly good transcript (or any at all!) for his works. I've attempted to transcribe it below, albeit with only one pass and undoubtedly more than a couple of typos. Relapse, An Elegy For Zach Baker In Twelve Steps. Step one // Zach gets arrested and is charged with paraphernalia after gathering up needles in Pioneer Park and placing them in a sharps container for disposal. The judge sentences him to community service; the justice system is aware of its own stupidity but continues to deny it. Step two // Dante, I have seen your inferno. The first time I gave an overdosing man Naloxone he screamed from every cell in his body, his fist connected with my face, and I didn't see stars, I saw a lake of fire, and now I am an atheist that believes in hell. Step three // Utah has a stigmata against addicts. Step four // Zach was in and out of rehab. We'd both seen the bloody inside of the opioid epidemic. He advocated for addicts in a state that would rather see them dead. Step five // Zach fights to pass a Good Samaritan law that would prevent police from charging people who are overdosing with drug-related crimes. He must build new homes in Utah's heart. Step six // The bill passes, glory glory! Step seven // Zach fights for a new bill, one that would give the public access to Naloxone. Step eight // A Perdue spokesperson says, "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here," and my friend Chase overdoses on an over-prescription and I am over playing the role of Virgil. Step nine // The bill passes, glory glory! In the land of the God Makers, anyone can be a savior. Step ten // I placed all of my coins on the eyes of my friends and now I am begging strangers for pocket change. Step eleven // Zach is working on a cellphone app that addicts can use to call for help. Step twelve // No. Step twelve // no. Step twelve // when did it get so quiet? i saw him two weeks ago. two weeks ago he was at open mic night. we had coffee. we talked about step 1. zach and i were both kept alive by the tiny miracles and curses that afflicted us, so why are mine so much more tenacious?! Step two // In the land of the God Makers, anyone can be a savior. Step two // Do you hear that? It's Jesus Christ, American hero, sobbing in the parking lot. Step two // For God so loved the world Step three // he gave his only begotten son Step four // because he was too much of a coward to save us himself! Step one // The first time I gave an overdosing man Naloxone he screamed from every cell in his body; he wanted to kill me for keeping him alive, and I hope he was able to forgive me for I knew exactly what I had done. Step three // Zach and I were both kept alive by the tiny miracles and curses that afflicted us. Dante, I have seen your inferno. When I jumped off that cliff in Emigration Canyon the snow caught my fall and planted me like a tree, and then, I was kept alive only by the tiny miracles and curses that afflicted me. Step eight // I sent Zach a message asking if he was really dead. He still hasn't opened it. Step twelve // In the land of the God Makers, anyone can be a savior, but don't you know the most famous story about a savior? He gets forsaken at the end. Step one // For the first time in over a decade, Utah has moved below the national average of overdose deaths, and despite everything that has happened, and everyone we have lost, I can feel something healing.