Ebony Stewart - "Mental health Barz" @WANPOETRY

[@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 :( !!

[@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

[@sadebilly]

I felt that. Because whew.

[@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

[@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.

[@jennifersackley5480]

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

[@clarissa3254]

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

[@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❤️

[@Kate-hh8yi]

💜 "I wish being a good person paid more"

[@deviantnigga3038]

“I wish being a good person paid more”

[@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.

[@kem-Monique]

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

[@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” 💛

[@likeletsomotaung5888]

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

[@keletsomogashoa5453]

4 years later and this still relevant and it heals me😢

[@TheSambey05]

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

[@TheNeereis]

Oh... im sobbing!

[@wtf.iswrongwithella]

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

[@iamporshalove]

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

[@daveytedseekoei]

Just trew my beer in the bin. And ran to my dog . Thank U i needed u right when U spoke to me .

[@ovojul7351]

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

[@Omanjisinkala]

Do what you love, God is good

[@charitytheko8116]

May you find a lover that helps you love yourself "

[@bontle_athaliah]

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

[@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! ❤️❤️

[@oddgirlie]

5:20 blew my little mind. Thank you.

[@tsholofelomatshidiso1894]

I love her😭❤❤

[@nealbollen7441]

Sent this to my daughter.. thank you

[@kingme5587]

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

[@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.

[@imeldaamnon3097]

You make me cry

[@sadebilly]

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

[@metamorphic8]

cLaiming it like the Queen you are 🤩👸🏿🤩

[@nattyogli9317]

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

[@knowledge.cipher6861]

One of the greats

[@ayishagisel1252]

Needed this. Applause to the poet. Profound.

[@Kashplayy]

Serve👏🏽. Them👏🏽. Sis👏🏽!

[@AdanBean]

The hero and legend. She's incredible.

[@theliberatedqueen603]

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

[@GullyPrincess]

He IS!

[@jordantate_]

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

[@LaurettaBiraneCisse]

Thank you ❤

[@chisab.6351]

You are speaking… I can relate a little too well 😢

[@dakiahayes128]

Damn!....👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@ruchnoydi]

I just want to hug her.

[@WePlugGOODMusic]

Goosebumps everytime

[@clausemunanura8818]

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

[@earthlingbella3993]

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

[@theliberatedqueen603]

Me too

[@Velile_Chaka]

Yikes I'm so touched. 😩 ❤️

[@i_WatchStuff]

Keep doing what you do you inspire poets like me. Much love

[@badbytch1756]

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

[@WePlugGOODMusic]

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

[@morethanmyselfcom]

Awesome! You have a word for all generations!

[@emilylundrigan4277]

This is amazing u are my idol, you are saving me just buy listening I need to come to your one of your shows.

[@jenniferaquino1729]

ugh. im sobbing.

[@jonathanpulley4799]

CHECK ON YOUR STRONG FRIENDS 2020

[@AntineshaRennia]

Today is a good day to keep someone alive ❤️

[@JuanBuenoJeanBien]

Ebony Stewart is the truth.

[@natoyabarnes6313]

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

[@writersolomon4162]

I felt the emotions on this one

[@tharollo_sea]

"i wish being a good person paid more"

[@timmygordon9742]

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

[@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.

[@TraneseTD]

Thank you. ❤️

[@Chidimms]

This poetry changed my life

[@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!!

[@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!

[@Sara-bn3wz]

Omg. Thank you.

[@Chidimms]

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

[@richardavery1540]

Ebony definitive defined..

[@johnkeithrobinson7399]

keep up the good work in you.

[@asanicole2182]

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

[@Athenaforever2308]

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

[@otatadeokojieBookspa]

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

[@scarecrow8514]

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

[@MissChevious1]

Thank you 🖤 thank you a million times!

[@danabrumbelow2621]

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

[@BosephJonesMan]

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

[@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”

[@shannoncook1108]

beautiful JUST BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.

[@dezreequest]

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

[@covenantvoid4430]

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

[@Scars.Into.Stars.thefirethekey]

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

[@levycarlos5666]

Am touched

[@brittanyblount5516]

Keep Going ❤❤❤

[@corrinagoldblatt6956]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@gloriamitchell3518]

Wonderful.

[@pebblesstone1316]

Fabulous

[@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.

[@jarrettdavis5253]

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!

[@nancyngaaremba6210]

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

[@lexioko]

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

[@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.....

[@shellythefreak8685]

'today is a good day to keep someone alive'- Thank you.

[@vivianokoye1290]

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

[@shaniajames3310]

You are blessed 🥰

[@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

[@tenderindigo]

i needed this.

[@deborahharrisguadalupe9849]

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

[@clintnardoni]

Crushed it.

[@zinasands7779]

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