You're for joining me for the second hour of the Tori Lowe show.
We got guests today.
Look, we got breezy breed.
Yes, breezy breed to time.
Breezy breed two times.
Now look, I've been asking for poetry for black history month.
And I need the power.
I need it to be powerful.
Now I mean, when I, when I, when I think about black history,
I think about the talent, the art and poetry just kind of,
this is the round of time of the year where I love to hear inspirational
poetry for my people.
Okay.
The words are so powerful sometimes.
So, uh, thank you for coming on the show.
Thank you for having me.
I'm so excited to be here.
Bree, look, you got some fans in the chat now.
Hey, everybody.
Hey, they coming through.
Somebody said, that's my twin right there.
I know that is high skater.
Hey, that's what I'm talking about.
So how long you been doing poem?
Just short of two years.
Next year, I mean, next month will be my two year anniversary of poetry.
And what made you start doing poetry?
If we're being real heartbreak, um, a bad relationship.
Yeah, that'll do it.
That'll do it.
But I kind of just started to use it as a way to express myself.
I feel like that's something I struggle with my whole life is just expressing
myself, expressing my emotions.
Um, and honestly, it's just a very creative way to express yourself.
And it's, I've gotten so much better over the two years.
So I've stuck with it.
That's powerful.
Look, to me, I, the tea, the expression, the art, the craftsmanship, the, the delivery,
the, you know, the, you could feel it, the energy, you know what I mean?
And it's a, it's a way to express yourself.
I mean, I wrote poems.
I mean, I, I wrote music, you know, to express myself, you know, it was a way
to, to let the world see from my eyes what I was dealing with.
Yes.
Yeah, it's great for that.
Um, I do perform a lot.
I will quick shout out food for thoughts.
Um, every Tuesday, we have open mic show.
We do features.
We bring in local vendors in the community.
Yes, yes, every Tuesday night, 7 p.m.
doors open show starts at eight hosted by Gideon Verdeen, which he did tell me.
Yes, he did tell me to come in here and tell you that he says hello.
Yes, DJ game money DJ K.
Yes.
And, um, I found my poetry family through food for thought.
And so I just found your voice.
Yes, found my voice.
That was my stage.
That's where I was born, the poet is that food for thought.
So, uh, Friday, 38, every Tuesday, come out and see a 7 p.m.
Hey, look, now look, we go get to the poetry because you know, I love the art form.
And, and to me to have the poems and the poetry during black history month,
I could feel my ancestors sometimes through the, through the words.
Yes, how powerful we are.
Yes.
And can nobody do it like that?
Can nobody do it?
They're winning weeks, when it's time to paint that art.
Yes.
So I did.
So I don't have, I wrote my black history poem today, actually.
Okay.
A reference.
And then I have a good one to follow it up with.
That's not exactly black history, but it fits into the movement.
So you look, let me tell you something coming.
I'm going to tell you like when we used to tell people when we was in church,
when they had to do the A, B, A, B selection, coming your own way.
Okay.
Okay.
That's all here to do.
Amen.
So what's the name of the first poem?
And the first poem is called the prayer survived.
Okay.
I am black history.
I carried a victory from ancestors before me.
I embraced my brown skin and flaunt the fro.
I walked in, but something so beautiful came at a cost.
Prayer is whispered where whips were louder than worship shackles around wrists with a tight grip,
but yet their hope outlived the iron.
Now they're continuing, continuation of breath's live in my chest.
I carried a legacy like Harriet.
I want to continue to help set my people free.
We are not all society labels us to be.
And like Rosa, my people don't stand for any quality.
Malcolm taught me freedom first lives in the mind.
You can shackle the body, but not the design.
Martin showed love could legally fight marching through darkness, demanding the light.
A dream so loud, it still echoes today.
So I walked through doors.
They were told not to stay and the lady of Juneteenth walked miles in the heat.
So freedom had rhythm and memory had feet carried the date like a drum in the street.
Now history and heartbeat finally meet.
I am not separate.
I'm stitched in a scene.
The proof of the prayer, the fruit of the dream, God kept the promise through bloodlines and years,
carried my people through bondage and tears yesterday's hope in present and skin.
His mercy, the reason I'm breathing again.
I don't just study what history has been by grace, black history lives within.
And that's that piece.
Fuck that.
Fuck that.
Fuck that.
Hey, come on now.
Yeah.
And we got some backgrounds.
Oh, yeah, come on, like so low.
Okay.
So what's the inspiration behind that?
Honestly, just the different figures throughout black history that helped get our people.
Are you get us to where we are today?
Not to say that we're perfectly.
I don't think about any means.
We're in a perfect position yet, but there were people that were a part of the movement.
So that's why I was kind of my old to them.
But then also every brown person that you look at,
care, it's a piece of the history as well.
So I wanted to give light to that.
Oh, you definitely shine the light.
The light so bright, light so bright.
Now, when you talk about the relationship that started this whole thing,
was it a deep relationship?
Was it something that you, when it happened, you was like, you know what?
I got to express myself.
I'm not talking about, let's start with my poetry journey.
I started your poetry journey.
Like, was it like a situation where you felt like you didn't have a voice
and you were no longer going to be silent?
Oh, that's a good question.
You know what I mean?
Because that's a hard one.
Yeah.
Thank you.
It was a situation.
I would say where I felt like I wasn't being heard with certain things that were going on.
My feelings were kind of always overwritten.
Like a lot of people, like a lot of people, Valentine's Day just happened over.
Yes, I just been Valentine's Day with some of my home girls.
I, I have, I actually just gave my life to Christ.
So glory be God that I'm even here.
Yeah, July 3rd of last year.
So I found a cry center community, which I'm forever grateful for.
And so we, a few of us went out to Chicago over the weekend for Valentine's Day.
And we had Valentine's instead of Valentine's.
So yeah, girls hanging out.
Yes, girls.
Not the girls trip, but not the girls thing.
Yeah.
That's a, I never.
So when I posted.
What do the fellas call it?
Fell in terms.
I don't know.
Okay, the gallon time for the girl.
Yes.
I don't know what the guys call it.
That's a good question.
But when I posted my photos on Instagram.
Rolls night out.
Literally.
The broke me.
When I posted my photos on Instagram, the caption was the love I prayed for.
It came as friends.
And so that's what Valentine's day this year was for me.
Yeah.
Well, that's, you can feel it.
You can feel the passion.
Thank you.
Yes.
I love it.
Thank you.
Now, we got, we got one more.
Yeah.
Okay.
This was going to follow it up.
So like I said, after that first poem, our people are not, are still struggling to this
day.
And that's talking about that.
Yes.
Our people are still going through it.
Yes, we're free when I slavery, but there are still.
If you look deep within the systems of the United States, there is still slavery going
on.
Black people are still getting hung.
So we're not by any means living in the perfect condition.
And so this isn't really, this is about anything, but I feel it fits into the black history,
the black movement mode.
And it's called, speak your truth because we need to stand up, speak up, and our voices
matter.
So this is what that poem is going to represent.
Let's hear it.
Use your voice.
It is the most powerful tool equipped to you.
Speak your truth.
Tell the world like you have nothing to lose because with the truth, you will never lose.
Did you hear me?
I said, with the truth, you will never lose.
Again, say it with me.
With the truth, you will never lose.
Even if it feels like you do, that just means those people places and things weren't in alignment
with you.
If they were, they would have been true to you.
Know the value of the words you speak and let those same words set you free.
This is your journey and you're letting us see.
You don't own explanations anybody.
Your words are powerful.
You never know who you're going to impact.
In fact, there's many people who share your story.
Up until a year ago, I felt my words meant nothing until I started touching people with
my poetry.
Now, that is what keeps me going.
It inspires me to keep speaking.
They can't shut me up.
I don't give up.
And you shouldn't either.
Find your voice.
You have the choice to make a difference, advocate for the voiceless, and when you do,
make your sound extra boisterous.
The vernacular is poisonous.
Get at a sum but potent of truths only experienced by you.
Strong enough to wipe out cities.
This is why you are living.
Yes, it is scary.
But what's scarier is knowing you may be the carrier of healing.
The healing of you, the healing of the youth, the healing of the family, the healing of
calamity, and it would be insanity to not share that healing with those in need.
Yes, it's scary.
But we are all in need of you and your views.
You could put them to great use, so let your truth be the light that shines from within
you.
All right.
Clock that tea.
Thank you.
Clock it.
That's what I'm talking about.
Thank you.
How can we keep up with you?
How can we follow you?
Yes.
Give us some of your handles so we can peek in on you.
My poet name is breezy breezy two times.
Like I said, you guys could find me pretty much every Tuesday night at friday 38, 7 p.m.
3, 8, 1st South 1st Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin comes to me perform.
And then socials.
My IG is breezy breezy two times.
That's B-R-E-E-Z-Y-B-R-I-I-2-X, same in my TikTok.
And then my Facebook is Brianna Honest, which is just my name.
So, sir.
Yeah, that's where you guys can find me and I would love for y'all to follow me and keep
up with me.
Look, I appreciate you for coming through.
I appreciate you.
Thank you for having me.
Thank you.
I appreciate you want to shout out to family members before we run the break.
You got some shout outs.
Yeah.
For shout outs out.
And tell the community, you know, some powerful before we run the break.
Yes.
Shout out to my mom, my dad.
They should be watching.
So, hey, you guys shout out to, obviously, my food for thought, my poetry community.
Shout out my sister's tour.
She's the one who helped bring me to cry.
Shout out, skater.
Shout out.
All my brothers and sisters from Bible study, resaved by grace.
We'll be there every Saturday at Stone Creek Coffee and Wife's Bay.
Okay.
Young adults looking for Bible study space come, come out.
Shout out to anybody.
Shout out to Amber if you're watching.
Hey.
Um, that's it.
Well, look, we appreciate you.
Thank you.
Come through.
Look, we're going to have to try to get you back in now, so you don't have to be out.
Yes, I would love to come back.
Yeah, for some power.
I know.
Hey, I could maybe bring a couple of my poets.
Hey, come on now.
Yeah, let me know.
Let me know.
I got to have a good job.
Thank you.
Thank you for having me.