"i was told that time would heal all wounds but what exactly do you do on days when it feels like the hands on your clock has arthritis?" most under appreciated line
"but my definition of love is being robbed in an ally eight times in a row and hoping there is something about today that makes all of this different."
Francois Campbell They say the definition of crazy is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result. He has been in love at least 8 times, and each time, he has gotten hurt (felt like he got robbed). Yet, he still continues to fall in love, as if he thinks this time, he won't get hurt.
It means when you're letting the same person break your heart over and over and over again..and you give them another chance..why? Because maybe..maybe today..they won't hurt me.
"I would sacrifice this body to the sky, hoping to resurrect as someone spiteful enough to not care this much about you." "Pierce my side with a broken promise; I will bleed all the crippled reasons why you deserve one more chance." Fuck. Rudy gets me every time.
my ex told me i loved her more than she loved me, that i kissed her to much and that she got sick of my smile, nothings worse than giving someone 100% of yourself to someone who only gives you 50% and fills the other half with lies and fake emotions
+Daniel Garcia I was with my ex for years, engaged and everything when I found out she was cheating on me. I confronted her, obviously, what did she tell me. We love each other differently. I was like, what...the...fuck. I could make some woman joke here. But it isnt that at all. Its the fact that, like he so skillfully said, Cupid is irresponsible. But she was right, we loved differently. I, in the most literal romantic sense of the word, and her, in a twisted selfharm and low esteem sort of way. Well, be ok buddy.
same, i went through my favorites and i saw this when i was really young. now hearing this with what i've been through/learned. it hurts even more now haha.
bearz1lla Yeeeh, only the 'new boyfriend' was also my old best friend .... feels bad man. but good to know others have been there, life goes on friends.
I listened to this poem every single day. Every. Day. To get through an old breakup. Listening now I realize I’m still grieving. Crazy what love does to us.
"I was told that time would heal all wounds but what exactly do you do on days when it feels like the hands on your clock have arthritis." This hit me hard.
IAmShannabear Well thats pretty annoying to get my comment deleted when I was trying to be nice, but hey thanks. for the record, thumbs down your post. just wanted you to know.
That is really weird. sorry to assume. Either, I didnt actually post it even though Im almost certain I did. Or someone else deleted it. I feel like a jerk now lol, have a good day. p.s. I really love Rudy too
I've always liked this poem. but until today, two months after being broken up with and still dealing with all the hurt, I've never truly appreciated it until now.
Rudy, been watching you and reading your poetry since I was a baby bottle pop. I’m grown and realizing how hard your words hit me and I was a child. I grew to be my own lover, family, and friend. Hearing your poetry I shed tears, every time.
"5. I whispered you stardust. 6. I spoke you into sunflowers. 7. I dipped my hands in forever, I touched you infinity, treated you as if you were the last molecule of oxygen inside of a gas chamber; I was good to you."
What do you think of 5 and 6? I have my own interpretation but I'm not sure if I understood the lines correctly so I'm interested in other opinions as well :)
I still remember the first night I heard this poem on the radio, in my room on a Sunday evening, on this old show called “Art and Soul” on Nigeria Info, 92.3 in Port Harcourt. Yop hosted that show and I’m super super nostalgic hearing this again almost 10 years later❤
I was terrified that of listening to this when I read the title. I sucked it up and listened anyways. Every single sentence is an accurate of a description of what I’m feeling so thank you for putting what I’m feeling into words. You’re poetry is amazing!
I remember watching this a few years ago and wondering what it would ever be like to feel this way. Coming back here a few years later and ironically now understanding...I’m glad that there are things like this that exist
Can't keep watching this. Definitely can relate. 11 years with him. Engaged. & he left me for another woman. My first love.. seems impossible to move on.
Krislyn Medina It's possible to move on. I probably saw this comment 3 years ago and couldn't write anything because it took me three years to stop feeling that pain you are/were feeling. They took our hearts and left us without one. I changed into a different person after her. I almost committed suicide 5 times. I drowned myself into a bottle and drugs for three straight years. I dropped out of college because of the pain. Moved 4 times to find something new and Still couldn't run away from her fast enough. When I rediscovered who I am is when things started getting better. I still feel lost sometimes, but it's when we take our heart back, things start feeling better. P.S. I still blame her for ruining my life. I will love again but I will never fall in love ever again.
Jasmine Haaland it will be hard but you are worth more then he will ever deserve to be willing to commit for 5 years and the guy go's and gets a rebound is sad. talk to me if you ever need help, i've been with my girlfriend since i was in 6th grade and i'm now in college
"there is nothing logical about cutting off the most important part of yourself and putting it in hands that shake, that tremble, that crack like a haitian sidewalk 4. there is nothing logical about love"
THIS is real deal down right poetry. I love the way these words come out so passionate and distinct. when You can touch a person's soul with what you love to do.. then i think you're doing it right. EXPRESSION is the one thing we have as humans and it is the most beautifully painful gift to show to the world how torn inside we are.
I've been crying for the past few hours because of something more then similar to this. Watched this and the tears stopped and my heart was pounding through my ears and I felt nothing but empty... Saved this to my phone. I'll be listening to this until....
"I would sacrifice this body to the sky, hoping to resurrect as someone spiteful enough to not care about you anymore." Definitely sobbed a lot. Thanks. Great stuff. Really relatable and always will be in human existence, i think, so im glad there's this to help us.
I can relate "There's nothing rational about love"/"cupid is fucking irresponsible and I'm tired of him using me for a target practice". Love these line.
It hurts to hear how much someone once loved someone, I love it. I feel bad that good people, good guys are taken for granted like this. Such a rare gem. I can really relate.
Damn that powerful on so many levels. I mean like from the beginning to the end, it was like u couldn't help but feel his emotions run through u, it was like the words he were saying were running through my veins and I couldn't help, but let it run its course; inhaled every word that he was saying go in me, because it was like I was him for a brief moment and I could just feel the pain in his voice it was as thou it was breaking.... I've never ever been in love be for or heart broken because I wasn't in love, but it was like whenever he was speaking and I could see into his pain for a moment, it was like for the very first time I knew what it was like to be in love and heartbroken at the same time, plus it got me a little chocked up, so I thank u my kind sir for sharing that story with us
As a lifelong fan of poetry, and one that writes myself, I can honestly say this is one of the most beautifully powerful pieces Ive ever heard. Just amazing.
I used to listen to this poem when I was 15 & heartbroken from my first crush. Now, I am 21 with 2 beautiful babies & today, I am getting divorced. I will always find my way back, through this poem. Thank you Rudy.
This poem is full of so much raw and absolutely true emotion. Wonderfully written and performed! I love it, its amazingly easy to connect to! Bravo Rudy Francisco!!!
i'm so emotional watching this, i've never felt such acceptance before because everything he said made so much sense. i need to contact this guy somehow lol. amazing. so amazing. he deserves every bit of happiness on this planet.
Out of all the slam poems I've listened to, this is my favorite. I keep coming back to this video and listening to it over and over again. I love his language and the passion that's obvious in his voice, whether quiet or loud.
This was incredible! "I guess these belong to you too.." Every word said was accurate beyond belief, and I felt as if I could see her and the New Boyfriend. Looooved it.
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"i was told that time would heal all wounds but what exactly do you do on days when it feels like the hands on your clock has arthritis?" most under appreciated line
That's my favorite line because I relate so much and I've been there
this this this
I don't get it
Seaniah Bling it's bc they said time will heal but the time is going by soooo slow
😭😭
" i bet if we dusted her heart for fingerprints, we would only find yours" danm thats deep
"love is clumsy but my heart refuses to wear a helmet" tears
Yeah I'm wearing a hermit this time around
@@amahlemxezengana68ppp
If I left a comment every time I watched this, there would be enough comments to write a bible
me 2 ana
Oh my gosh ana same and ilysm
i love you bby
Same Ana same
thank you for introducing me to this poem god, Ana.
"you wanna know how I got these scars? see, I swallowed my pride, and then it clawed its way out of my mouth" I AM CRYING
He came to my college and shook my hand and it was the greatest moment of my life
Is that the only reason he was there? 😂
You’re so lucky
Omggg
I want this entire poem tattooed on my body
hope you don't.
+AURA COLUCCI-KASTRANTAS at least one line right? 😂
now this is the real shit
TheBlack Rose yessss
Sameee
"but my definition of love is being robbed in an ally eight times in a row and hoping there is something about today that makes all of this different."
what does this mean ?
Francois Campbell They say the definition of crazy is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result. He has been in love at least 8 times, and each time, he has gotten hurt (felt like he got robbed). Yet, he still continues to fall in love, as if he thinks this time, he won't get hurt.
It means when you're letting the same person break your heart over and over and over again..and you give them another chance..why? Because maybe..maybe today..they won't hurt me.
"I would sacrifice this body to the sky, hoping to resurrect as someone spiteful enough to not care this much about you."
"Pierce my side with a broken promise; I will bleed all the crippled reasons why you deserve one more chance."
Fuck. Rudy gets me every time.
"I think I've seen you somewhere in her smile."
+Makenna Kristine Doctor Who!
Ameilia Way A fellow fan of Nirvana, I see :)
+That is so cool!
+Makenna Kristine i think its me
"Last molecule of oxygen in a gas chamber. I was good 2 u"
Ah he got me there....
Alex Duran sameee
“Loving you was the last thing I felt good at” that line just hits on personal level
"Cupid is f*cking irresponsible, and i'm tired of him using me for target practice." I love that line
my ex told me i loved her more than she loved me, that i kissed her to much and that she got sick of my smile, nothings worse than giving someone 100% of yourself to someone who only gives you 50% and fills the other half with lies and fake emotions
very true.
true i know how u feel
+Daniel Garcia I was with my ex for years, engaged and everything when I found out she was cheating on me. I confronted her, obviously, what did she tell me. We love each other differently. I was like, what...the...fuck. I could make some woman joke here. But it isnt that at all. Its the fact that, like he so skillfully said, Cupid is irresponsible. But she was right, we loved differently. I, in the most literal romantic sense of the word, and her, in a twisted selfharm and low esteem sort of way. Well, be ok buddy.
Sorry to hear that bro but will pray u find someone who will give you as much as you give them and more and nothing fake just love
I have been through this countless times.
I almost cried...I wish I had found this sooner. Would've saved me the wasted conversations and useless words. Thank you
sleep/dream i hope you’re in a better place in life dear
8 years later and I still feel the same way I first heard this😢
same, i went through my favorites and i saw this when i was really young. now hearing this with what i've been through/learned. it hurts even more now haha.
when pretty much the same thing happens to you and you can't help but feel all of the emotion he felt
bearz1lla Ikr? This shit hurts...
bearz1lla Yeeeh, only the 'new boyfriend' was also my old best friend .... feels bad man. but good to know others have been there, life goes on friends.
yeah happened to me yesterday amazing how u get so emotional for every thing that has been robbed from u
Cody H How is everything going now?
"I heard that 90% of human interaction is nonverbal"
Those following moments of silence give me goosebumps.
I listened to this poem every single day. Every. Day. To get through an old breakup. Listening now I realize I’m still grieving. Crazy what love does to us.
+1
"I was told that time would heal all wounds but what exactly do you do on days when it feels like the hands on your clock have arthritis." This hit me hard.
"Cupid is fucking irresponsible. & I'm tired of him using me as target practice."
"if I could, I would tie your arms to my daydreams and auction you off to my fondest memories." wow...
This man makes you FEEL.
This man thinks you think.
This poem has gotten me through such a rough breakup....thank you.
I've loved this since the first time I heard it. I relate to it now. Getting my heart ripped out now has a soundtrack.
Yes, yes, yes.
It's been nearly a year since I first heard this and by the end of it now, I still have my face in my palms. Absolute beauty.
IAmShannabear Well thats pretty annoying to get my comment deleted when I was trying to be nice, but hey thanks.
for the record, thumbs down your post. just wanted you to know.
I didn't do anything, actually The Haxter
That is really weird. sorry to assume.
Either, I didnt actually post it even though Im almost certain I did. Or someone else deleted it. I feel like a jerk now lol, have a good day.
p.s. I really love Rudy too
I hope you have/had a good one as well :)
I've always liked this poem. but until today, two months after being broken up with and still dealing with all the hurt, I've never truly appreciated it until now.
Sarah Baldwin
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Listened to this ten times in a row last night and just sobbed
Me too
Rudy,
been watching you and reading your poetry since I was a baby bottle pop. I’m grown and realizing how hard your words hit me and I was a child. I grew to be my own lover, family, and friend. Hearing your poetry I shed tears, every time.
Listening to this while waiting for a phone call that might never come is heart wrenching :(
"I bet if we dusted her heart for fingerprints we would only find yours."
It takes so much to admit that.
thats exactly what i thought, to say that one out loud takes so much.
"5. I whispered you stardust. 6. I spoke you into sunflowers. 7. I dipped my hands in forever, I touched you infinity, treated you as if you were the last molecule of oxygen inside of a gas chamber; I was good to you."
What do you think of 5 and 6? I have my own interpretation but I'm not sure if I understood the lines correctly so I'm interested in other opinions as well :)
I still remember the first night I heard this poem on the radio, in my room on a Sunday evening, on this old show called “Art and Soul” on Nigeria Info, 92.3 in Port Harcourt. Yop hosted that show and I’m super super nostalgic hearing this again almost 10 years later❤
"I bet if we dusted her heart for fingerprints, we would only find yours." WHAT.
Like he's saying that she never loved him.. just the other guy
I'm not crying, my eyes are just sweating
Don't cry, craft!
Onions, who's chopping damn onions
It's Savy same PHAm
Why would anyone down vote this masterpiece???
I was terrified that of listening to this when I read the title. I sucked it up and listened anyways. Every single sentence is an accurate of a description of what I’m feeling so thank you for putting what I’m feeling into words. You’re poetry is amazing!
I remember watching this a few years ago and wondering what it would ever be like to feel this way. Coming back here a few years later and ironically now understanding...I’m glad that there are things like this that exist
Can't keep watching this. Definitely can relate. 11 years with him. Engaged. & he left me for another woman. My first love.. seems impossible to move on.
Stay strong x
Krislyn Medina It's possible to move on. I probably saw this comment 3 years ago and couldn't write anything because it took me three years to stop feeling that pain you are/were feeling. They took our hearts and left us without one. I changed into a different person after her. I almost committed suicide 5 times. I drowned myself into a bottle and drugs for three straight years. I dropped out of college because of the pain. Moved 4 times to find something new and Still couldn't run away from her fast enough. When I rediscovered who I am is when things started getting better. I still feel lost sometimes, but it's when we take our heart back, things start feeling better.
P.S. I still blame her for ruining my life. I will love again but I will never fall in love ever again.
"I bet if we dusted her heart for fingerprints, we would only find yours"
you speak of every emotion i am feeling. 5 years with him. we broke up a couple months ago. and he's already with someone.
thank you, it's the worst pain ive ever experienced. . i wouldnt wish it upon my worst enemy.
Jasmine Haaland it will be hard but you are worth more then he will ever deserve to be willing to commit for 5 years and the guy go's and gets a rebound is sad. talk to me if you ever need help, i've been with my girlfriend since i was in 6th grade and i'm now in college
Thank you. im trying.
Atleast it was a couple of months
Everything's going to be alright.
"there is nothing logical about cutting off the most important part of yourself and putting it in hands that shake, that tremble, that crack like a haitian sidewalk 4. there is nothing logical about love"
*rational about love.
I think i've watched this about 100 times over the past 3 days.
make that 150.....really getting to me, but in a good way
"Loving you was the last thing I was ever really good at" when I went through a break up I felt this way...
Rudy has such a way with how he speaks, each word has a meaning and each punctuation has a point and honestly I can't get enough
THIS is real deal down right poetry. I love the way these words come out so passionate and distinct. when You can touch a person's soul with what you love to do.. then i think you're doing it right. EXPRESSION is the one thing we have as humans and it is the most beautifully painful gift to show to the world how torn inside we are.
I've been crying for the past few hours because of something more then similar to this. Watched this and the tears stopped and my heart was pounding through my ears and I felt nothing but empty... Saved this to my phone. I'll be listening to this until....
"I would sacrifice this body to the sky, hoping to resurrect as someone spiteful enough to not care about you anymore." Definitely sobbed a lot. Thanks. Great stuff. Really relatable and always will be in human existence, i think, so im glad there's this to help us.
I can relate
"There's nothing rational about love"/"cupid is fucking irresponsible and I'm tired of him using me for a target practice". Love these line.
"loving you was the last thing i felt really good at"
The emotion is so intense and real you can really tell that this comes from his heart. This is just fantastic! Bravo!
I've been watching this every day and i still cry like it's the first time i've heard it. wow.
so raw
At least from all that pain there is beauty in this and comfort for others who have felt the same
God, he took exactly what I'm feeling right now and put them into words that I just can't express right now.
It hurts to hear how much someone once loved someone, I love it. I feel bad that good people, good guys are taken for granted like this. Such a rare gem. I can really relate.
that last part hit me hard, wow.
I could never get tired of listening to this
Men who are in touch with their emotions like this GIVE ME LIFE!!
I've listened to this about a million times in 2013. Thanks for helping me through a rough year. 9 years later I randomly remembered this today
Damn that powerful on so many levels. I mean like from the beginning to the end, it was like u couldn't help but feel his emotions run through u, it was like the words he were saying were running through my veins and I couldn't help, but let it run its course; inhaled every word that he was saying go in me, because it was like I was him for a brief moment and I could just feel the pain in his voice it was as thou it was breaking.... I've never ever been in love be for or heart broken because I wasn't in love, but it was like whenever he was speaking and I could see into his pain for a moment, it was like for the very first time I knew what it was like to be in love and heartbroken at the same time, plus it got me a little chocked up, so I thank u my kind sir for sharing that story with us
As a lifelong fan of poetry, and one that writes myself, I can honestly say this is one of the most beautifully powerful pieces Ive ever heard. Just amazing.
Years .. it’s been years and I still love this just like the first time I heard it.
I used to listen to this poem when I was 15 & heartbroken from my first crush. Now, I am 21 with 2 beautiful babies & today, I am getting divorced. I will always find my way back, through this poem. Thank you Rudy.
One of the most beautiful and raw poems I've ever heard. His pain was palpable.
I know I will be listening to this for years to come. Great job.
Shane Koyczan and Rudy Francisco are the best Poets, their elegant words never fail to touch my heart
This poem is full of so much raw and absolutely true emotion. Wonderfully written and performed! I love it, its amazingly easy to connect to!
Bravo Rudy Francisco!!!
Oh man. Listening to this makes me want to cry
The 5 weeks since my breakup have pretty much consisted of listening to this everyday and sobbing.
This is beautiful, I just cried for a very long time.
i'm so emotional watching this, i've never felt such acceptance before because everything he said made so much sense. i need to contact this guy somehow lol. amazing. so amazing. he deserves every bit of happiness on this planet.
Awe....that made me cry...which means this is excellent poetry....love every moment of it
Easily one of my favorite poems. Damn this hits home. Damn this brings me to tears. Makes you really think about love and how it can destroy someone.
I started crying before the video started. This was so beautiful
I met him last night, and he's an amazing person.....
really nice guy lots of charisma
Out of all the slam poems I've listened to, this is my favorite. I keep coming back to this video and listening to it over and over again. I love his language and the passion that's obvious in his voice, whether quiet or loud.
I love the way he pours the emotions from the poems to our souls just by the way he talks.
I listen to this like a song, played on repeat over and over and over again, yet I can never get enough.
Love this. Rudy Francisco is the man
I can't get over how good this is.
These words are so powerful to me, VERY beautifully done. The term "Took the words right out of my mouth" has never rung so true, thank you.
Never gets old...absolutely amazing.
This brought me to tears. One of the best poems I've heard
I couldn't stop crying such a deep meaning love it
This is SO, SO GOOD!
DAMN!
Must listen!
Grace Mathew Flarantxa Pereira
Didnt want to share this on facebook for obvious reasons.
listen to this but!
The feels ! What a beautiful poem ! *snaps fingers*
I saw this last year crying about this one girl and now I'm back crying for another...
This is the most emotional thing I've watched in a while. Goosebumps. >.
I felt his pain
One of the most powerful poems I have listened to yet. This is pure talent and I am absolutely in love with his use of metaphors.
"There's nothing rational about love". Loved this line.
This was incredible! "I guess these belong to you too.."
Every word said was accurate beyond belief, and I felt as if I could see her and the New Boyfriend.
Looooved it.
I felt that pain, so very familiar.
This is amazing. Things like these have the power to make you feel less alone in how you're feeling.
This is so deep, poetry at its finest!
I was watching and listening to this so intently I didn't realize I was crying until after it was over. Simply amazing.
"Cupid is fucking irresponsible. And Im tired of him using me for target practice" LOVE IT
That.... was amazing. Could feel each one of his emotions.
can we talk about how this is what ive been doing for the past 2 hours
and im still crying
Absolutely wonderful. AND that's a sweet bow tie.
I swear this poem brings me life every time i watch it! Honestly my favorite poem
This really broke me into the smallest pieces, one of the best poems I've ever heard