Ebony Stewart - "Mental health Barz" @WANPOETRY

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[@asiglo3890]

"Check on your strong friends! Don't believe us, I promise we are just pretending." Wow!!! 💫

[@judyp1078]

So true

[@BD401K]

That line spoke to me the most.

[@asiglo3890]

@@BD401K same!

[@smanjilina]

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

[@LeilaniAlua]

Right :( !!

[@RobGibsun]

"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!

[@lami4391]

I respect you

[@meldese3894]

"If your path is more difficult, it's because your calling is higher". Nice! I felt that!

[@triniiam4231]

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.

[@Dee-xb9mt]

Yes

[@theliberatedqueen603]

@@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 💪

[@triniiam4231]

@@theliberatedqueen603 love power & positivity to you ♥️ thanks

[@sadebilly6943]

I felt that. Because whew.

[@addyjohn2075]

"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

[@theliberatedqueen603]

Yeah, I felt it.

[@p3rk11]

Yes that is me

[@tharollo_sea]

Bruh.

[@AiNEntertainment101]

...same here. Heart's broken...

[@wordofmouthlondon]

Wow.

[@clarissa3254]

"It's the wounds people can't see that hurt the most" 🔥🔥🔥

[@oldsoul4762]

I felt that!!

[@Kate-hh8yi]

💜 "I wish being a good person paid more"

[@nicolesgoquendo8020]

“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❤️

[@keithedwardsowell]

Has to mean something that I stumbled upon this right before I went to sleep...right when I needed it most 😭🙏🏾🙌🏾

[@theliberatedqueen603]

Me too bro. Now I'm crying 😭

[@missywells44]

Right on TIME.... I needed this as much as it Needed to be Expressed!!! Thanks SIS...

[@zinasands7779]

Glad you found yourself better in this.

[@deviantnigga3038]

“I wish being a good person paid more”

[@likeletsomotaung5888]

"I was draining and screaming but everyone was thinking, I was swimming and smile" 😪😪😪😪

[@kem-Monique]

“ I heard it’s the wounds people can’t see that hurts the most” whewww chileee felt

[@saraphena9676]

“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.

[@ri907]

I hope so too hun! I hope you're doing alright for real. Sending love! ❤️❤️

[@jennifersackley5480]

Wow " I wish being a good person paid more." I wish it did.

[@siroreo]

The one dislike is from abusive ex

[@ebonystewart7594]

HIGH KEY!

[@badbytch1756]

Why am I crying. The student loan part. Lawd cover mine's

[@Ravengal101]

“I’m the kind of giant who’s been through what I’ve been through and you can still depend on. I gave all that I had, and you ain’t never known a Black woman who ain’t did that.”

[@neshiafmg]

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!

[@BD401K]

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

[@enzomthethwa5861]

Those aren't friends.

[@iamporshalove]

“I’m the kind of giant that’s been through what I’ve been through and you can still depend on..”

[@kingme5587]

Goddess Stewart if you read this from the very depths of my being I want to say THANK YOU❤

[@isaiahking95]

“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” 💛

[@wtf.iswrongwithella]

"Can't nobody steal my joy; not even myself" 👏

[@nattyogli9317]

May you find a lover that helps you live your yourself 👌🏾💯

[@JElven-hk3vl]

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

[@tsholofelomatshidiso1894]

I love her😭❤❤

[@bontle_athaliah]

“Can’t no body tell me I ain’t the shit but ME” “So I say I be Hero and Legend” ❤️

[@earthlingbella3993]

I cried like a baby and felt every word in my soul. 💛

[@theliberatedqueen603]

Me too

[@jonathanpulley4799]

CHECK ON YOUR STRONG FRIENDS 2020

[@TheSambey05]

It's the wounds that people don't see that hurt the most💞💞

[@TheRatchetSage]

"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!

[@ovojul7351]

“No one can tell when I’m not doing well but me”🥺

[@tharollo_sea]

"i wish being a good person paid more"

[@Kashplayy]

Serve👏🏽. Them👏🏽. Sis👏🏽!

[@WePlugGOODMusic]

Goosebumps everytime

[@ayishagisel1252]

Needed this. Applause to the poet. Profound.

[@rosegoald]

CHECK ON YOUR STRONG FRIENDS‼️🗣

[@olanrewajufunmilayo-ul9si]

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.

[@AdanBean]

The hero and legend. She's incredible.

[@theliberatedqueen603]

Hey I checked out your music. Ur incredible too✨ #HeroAndLegend

[@ebonystewart7594]

He IS!

[@WePlugGOODMusic]

"I been in my prime like nine times" COME ON EBONY!!!

[@nancyngaaremba6210]

'I pray, I leave something good behind'...Humbling, powerful, creative. inspiring, real poem...I love you Ebony..Keep soaring higher

[@tabrianolan2115]

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

[@weirdopoet]

"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.

[@jordantate_]

Why haven’t I heard this girl until now??

[@dakiahayes128]

Damn!....👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@ruchnoydi]

I just want to hug her.

[@MissChevious1]

Thank you 🖤 thank you a million times!

[@ThunderThighs25]

@5:13 "if your path is more difficult its because your calling is higher" I felt that through an through

[@sadebilly6943]

It's the wounds people can't see that hurts the most.

[@clausemunanura8818]

I have come to learn that no one can tell when I'm not doing well but me💖

[@richardelmes984]

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.

[@ydumas6]

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!!

[@charitytheko8116]

May you find a lover that helps you love yourself "

[@deborahharrisguadalupe9849]

Love this and thank you Ebony Stewart. Sharing with my 47-year-old son who's going thru some things right now.

[@natoyabarnes6313]

Always come across these poems right when I need to hear them. This was beautiful.

[@Chidimms]

This poetry changed my life

[@TheNeereis]

Oh... im sobbing!

[@vivianokoye1290]

Check on your strong friends. They need it more😭😭

[@metamorphic8]

cLaiming it like the Queen you are 🤩👸🏿🤩

[@Omanjisinkala]

Do what you love, God is good

[@tsitsichanetsa6005]

Don't believe us, I promise we're pretending"

[@latonyasmith548]

Facts!!.

[@lexioko]

ma'am, you just reminded that i am capable of feeling.

[@timmygordon9742]

Check in your strong friends.. Damn, I felt that

[@chakavelile.9546]

Yikes I'm so touched. 😩 ❤️

[@JuanBuenoJeanBien]

Ebony Stewart is the truth.

[@oddgirlie]

5:20 blew my little mind. Thank you.

[@AntineshaRennia]

Today is a good day to keep someone alive ❤️

[@secondopinion53]

Beautiful!! IF YOU TELL YOURSELF YOU CAN OR IF YOU TELL YOURSELF YOU CAN'T... BOTH ARE TRUE!! DEPENDS ON WITCH LION ONE FEEDS.

[@scarecrow8514]

No....thank you Ebony, thank you for everything you do to remind us that we don't struggle alone.

[@morganminnigh6990]

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.

[@shannoncook1108]

beautiful JUST BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.

[@corrinagoldblatt6956]

"I wish being a good person paid more." YES!!!!! Public health worker and musician here. Thank you!

[@covenantvoid4430]

"what good is a God dat can't speak life into somebody." Dat's deep😔😔

[@quinasiajohnson1396]

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

[@TellitTay]

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”

[@Scars.Into.Stars.thefirethekey]

This is the one that made me fall in love with your strength and voice

[@danabrumbelow2621]

Ebony, I love you. I love your poetry. Thanks for being real, and helping us get through the day.

[@audr33yy]

YAAASSS!! I swear I refresh KZbin every other day waiting for new poetry from her! I’m obsessed! One of my favorite spoken word artists. So real, so raw, so relatable! Love herrr!

[@asanicole2182]

I've watched this 4 times already so I'm awake writing

[@writersolomon4162]

I felt the emotions on this one

[@siroreo]

“Check on your strong friends, check on your strings friends, check on your strong friends. I promise we’re pretending”

[@CandaceJDunkley]

“Did I mention I paid off my student loans with poetry” 🔥🔥🔥 “Can’t nobody tell me I’m not the shut but me” 😭♥️😭

[@moniegrey5699]

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.....

[@shadiaahmad5913]

You killed the lies...you killed the stage...you killed it all but you revived parts of a dead soul.

[@nealbollen7441]

Sent this to my daughter.. thank you

[@shaniajames3310]

You are blessed 🥰

[@dezreequest]

"These poems act as self help, I'm a healer"🥺🙏🏿

[@johnkeithrobinson7399]

keep up the good work in you.

[@Athenaforever2308]

Stunning. Thank you and look after YOU!!!! x

[@knowledge.cipher6861]

One of the greats

[@jenniferaquino1729]

ugh. im sobbing.

[@LaurettaBiraneCisse]

Thank you ❤

[@Chidimms]

Shout out to ebony Stewart.... You changed my life forever

[@dcholmes6013]

I Love Everything This Woman Touches! All Hail The Gully Queen ❤️💯😍

[@sadebilly6943]

I'm the kind of giant that's been through what I've been through and you can still depend on-my anxiety felt attacked

[@Richie_Marvie]

Hey Me too

[@flywriterinkgirl1974]

Loveeee her!

[@HeIsNakedLunch]

One can articulate one’s feelings as clear as day and that’s the best we can do. We’re only as objective as our legal systems and sciences. Unless, do you know yourself better than that? Thank you! You are definitely THE SH!T!

[@staciebyrne3759]

I cried so much and I'm not really sure why. Thank you for these words xxx

[@danied605]

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..

[@zinasands7779]

Love her!! Your calling is higher!!!!!

[@enigmasdestiny1355]

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.

[@Miss37Orange]

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!!