“After It’s Finished” // Jermaine Hughes // Spoken Word

"After It's Finished" is a powerful spoken word performance by poet Jermaine Hughes that explores the deeply personal journey of grief and healing. Through raw, emotive language, Hughes reflects on the complex emotions that arise after significant loss or trauma - the overwhelming sense of emptiness, the struggle to move forward, and the fragile yet vital process of rebuilding one's life "after it's finished."

With vulnerability and poetic grace, Hughes guides the listener through this transformative experience, touching on universal themes of resilience, faith, and the resilient human spirit. The piece offers a contemplative, cathartic space for the audience to connect with the shared experience of loss and the courage required to keep going in the aftermath.

Performed at First Presbyterian Church of Hayward, "After It's Finished" resonates with both secular and spiritual sensibilities, ultimately affirming the healing power of community, compassion, and the human capacity to endure and grow stronger, even in the darkest of times.