Spoken Word | HerSoulSpeaks (Spoken Word | TEDxEnsley Avenue ED
A spoken word performance featuring two poems about personal transformation and self-discovery. The speaker reflects on overcoming heartbreak, finding strength through motherhood, and learning to operate from truth rather than emotions.
Summary
This spoken word performance consists of two deeply personal poems about growth and transformation. The first poem, 'Veil Bound Wealth,' explores the concept that true wealth comes from self-reflection, accountability, and ego dissolution rather than material possessions. The speaker emphasizes the importance of divine timing and shares how becoming a mother gave her fearlessness and shifted her priorities - when another life mattered more than her own. She distinguishes between temporary emotional reactions and operating from one's authentic truth, arguing that lasting growth comes from inner development rather than just the desire to win.
The second poem, '30 Wings,' chronicles the speaker's journey through her twenties into her thirties, describing experiences of heartbreak, loss, and eventual transformation. She recounts surviving what felt like a mental breakdown ('jumped out of a burning building in my mind'), losing her past without warning, and experiencing significant relationship upheaval. However, she reframes these challenges as redirection rather than mere heartbreak, guided by spiritual intuition and symbolized by an owl representing transformation. Motherhood emerges as a central transformative force, bringing her to terms with what truly matters in life and providing the love and centeredness she needs. The performance concludes with gratitude for divine blessings and a sense of finally touching and agreeing with her authentic self.
Key Insights
- The speaker claims that self-reflection, accountability, and breaking of the ego constitutes the real recovery when you've experienced life fully
- The speaker argues that her life fundamentally changed when another life (her child) mattered more than her own, giving her fearlessness
- The speaker distinguishes between operating from emotions versus operating from truth, claiming the latter has longevity while emotions are temporary
- The speaker describes losing her entire past without warning but remaining resilient, stating she bends but doesn't break
- The speaker reframes what could be seen as heartbreak as spiritual redirection, guided by intuition and symbolized by an owl representing transformation
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Transcript
[0:16] The name of this poem is called Veil Bound Wealth. When you've seen it all and been some of it, you're left with a new discovery. that self-reflection, accountability, and breaking of the ego is the real recovery. Most people go on in this life asking, "Why can't I be this? Why can't I do that?" But baby boy and sweet girls, understand divine timing. That's a gem that forever keeps you shining. It took me a decade [0:48] to understand the essence of a marathon. It took me one year to realign and recreate of myself an elab elaborate paragon. And that beautiful baby boy of mine. Oh, he gave me fearlessness to walk to walk in every…
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