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Don't Hide Your Pain

Behind every superhero, there's pain
Behind every superhero ,there's sadness
Behind every superhero, there's scars
Whether physical, mental, spiritual, or emotional.

Behind every superhero, there's vulnerability.
Behind every superhero, there's trials, tribulations, blood, tears, sweats, and brokenness.

Even Jesus, despite he's perfect, went through betrayals, pain, sufferings, was misunderstood, fell down three times and died for someone’s sins.

And that someone's sins is yours and mine.

Even Mary, Jesus’ mother, suffers as well.

Same goes to the famous people in the Bible.
Even the saints.

It's ok to not feel ok.
It's ok to feel vulnerable
It's ok to feel the brokenness.
It's ok to rest, to reflect, and to be angry.

We're not Batman
We're not Superman
We're not Wonder Woman
And dang sure, we're not Flash.

Some of us or most are tortoises from Tortoise and the Hare.

I would say, take a good look at the superheroes.
You would know they are going through it.

Everyone regardless of who is going through it.

We as humans have emotions and limits
We as humans are not perfect. Though I mentioned Mary and Jesus, we're not Mary and we're not Jesus. We were born with original sins.

Superheroes have the right to feel their emotions, trials and tribulations. It's ok.

There's time for everything.

There's grace for it all.

And like Jesus and Mary, and the Tortoise,

There's liberty ?? at the end of the tunnel.

Let's run this heavenly race.

Vivian Egwuonwu.

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“I guess, woke is nothing but a new slur against people like me, right? Let me tell you, friend. Like Ariel, I want black people to be where they will be accepted. I want us to be part of the world. A world that accepts our blackness. A world where we could walk free without police brutality getting our way. A world where we could wear our natural hair, loud and proud. Locs, braids, afros, adding beads and colors? You name it. I want to be where happiness, love, peace, and hope reigns in our black lives. We’re not political objects. We’re just humans. Humans with a black skin that will never come off. We just want to be happy. Have a good family, celebrate our culture, and have more equal opportunities. Is that too much to ask? I’m asking you, friend. Is that too much to ask? Like Ariel, she’s willing to give up her voice to go to that world where she dreams of. Ask the civil rights leaders, who gave up their bodies to the society of anti-blackness, to get beaten, arrested, and risk their houses on fire, just to get their community to be part of the world they dreamed of. Let me tell you, friend. Am I too woke for you? Am I too pitiful for you? If that’s the case, then call me Ursula. Yeah, call me Ursula. Because I’m calling you a poor unfortunate soul. So unfortunate that you can’t even see your ignorance. So, unfortunate that you’re too blind with your bigotry. You have a choice, my dear. Go ahead and make a choice. A choice to hate? Or a choice to love? You know what I want? I want to kiss the land. A land of freedom. A land of peace and the land of hope. You can come with me to get there but here’s a new deal. You get rid of the negative energy of the word, woke. Woke is for positive energy, agree? Woke is not a slur. Woke is awareness of my blackness. Woke is for the black voicelesses, sick of being beaten and now ready to stand for…What’s that word, again? Oh, liberty and justice. Once you get rid of that stinky aura, then, you can come with me. I don’t know when and I don’t know how. But, I know that someday. Just watch and see. That someday, my people and I will be part of that world. Now, are you with me? Let’s ease on down the road.”

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Turn Off The Noise and Shhhh SHhhhh Shhhh

Have you ever thought to sit down and just think? 

Have you ever thought to just lay down and let the wind blow to you, kiss you, hug you and be with you? 

Have you ever heard the thought to just let the sun shine unto you with his brightest light? 

Have you ever thought to just look at the trees? See how beautiful the trees are? The ones with leaves and the ones with no leaves? 

Have you ever thought to sit still and let your body speak to you? To let you heal and let the process process? 

Turn down the noise of your television
Turn down the noise of the social media 

Get off your phone. Get off from your certain environment. Get off from your noisy friends and family.  

Get off. Get more off.  

Turn down the noise of the news.
Turn down the noise of the echo chambers. 

Turn it off. Turn it off. 

Turn off your anger 
Turn off your madness.

But instead, feel emotions first and calm down. 

Just let the silence speak to you.
Just let nature speak to you. 

They're waiting for you to counsel you. 

Just…shhh….shhh…shhh

Turn off the noise. 

And let peace and love reign.

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Rainbow at The End

It's raining but no rainbow at the end.
It's pouring but no sunshine is shining.
It's cloudy but no clear sign. 
It's floodin' but no hand to grab you out of the water. 

That's what you thought. Well, sir and madam, you thought wrong. Because it's all temporary. Here's what I think.

It may be raining but there's a rainbow at the end. 
It may be pouring but there's always a sunshine that would shine

It may be cloudy and it may be foggy but, there's going to be a clear sign.

Yes, it's floodin' but there's always someone who will grab you out of the water. 

Painful situations may be there but it's only temporary. 

Victory will come soon.

Just don't give up.

Best Poems Written by Vivian Egwuonwu

Unrest World

Don't Hide Your Pain

Black Power

Woke is a New Slur

Turn Off The Noise and Shhhh SHhhhh Shhhh

Rainbow at The End