"When people tell you that your love is just a phase, tell them you don't like the word 'just'. You are not just anything." This hit me hard, I absolutely love this poem. Thank you.
"A hopeful romantic who always wanted to exchange poems for portraits I'm afraid if I write him one now it will sound too much like the suicide note he didn't leave" Wow. This really got me
Honestly tearing up towards the end. It's one thing to read that we should accept ourselves and that we aren't wrong for being the way we are, but to hear it and know they're being sincere is so great
I've always loved this poem. "Do not bury your demons on the dark side of the moon" "Do not align yourself with someone else's expectations" "Hold on. because I've seen people I love stave themselves out of the sky." "We hear you. Loud and clear." Really inspiring. Kevin and Sierra always make great poems.
Whenever I watch this I promise myself I won't cry and then she says her girlfriends name is Sarah and I don't know but that's the tipping point every time
PS, we hear you, loud and clear. I always ache for people to say things like that and I'm usually the one telling them that it will be OK, it was nice to hear someone say that to me this time. Thank you
phineas Bubblé you are the sweetest person. You made my day. Thank you so much. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only person that comments on old posts from people on RUclips because I think they need the comfort. Thank you for reaching out. I do have a good group of people around me, and it helps me survive every single day. I hope you have the same.
Processes Of Becoming Oh my, I’m so happy for making your day 😁 I didn’t expect you to answer, especially not this fast. You really made my day too. It’s wonderful that you have friends to reach out to now. Thank you for asking, yes, I have a group of friends too. I’ve met my best friend in kindergarten, we’re still very close and he can tell by what I type how I feel. And I made a deal with another friend, I asked her to send me the link to „keep passing the open windows“ by queen when she knows that I feel down. So yeah, awesome friends. I hope you and your friends have some good time and stay safe
"We hear you. Loud and clear." This hit me. Well the entire 3:27 minutes did but knowing that people care, that they are there for me, just delighted me. I got tears in my eyes.
+Slash Channel (Slash01470) The best poem ever would be Neil Hilborn, Kevin, Patrick Roche, and Denice Frohman. I would be amazed with what they come up with, together.
I've already commented on this video but I just noticed something new. When they say 'you are not just anything' j think of something my drama teacher said - when I ask you about your character, never say they are just anything. They are not just a cashier. They are not just happy. They are a cashier, and they are happy. These things have to be important to them, because that's who they are. You should never put down any aspect of yourself because then you try to downplay that and when you do that you stop being yourself - something about that woman is so quotable, and although she has those deeper more meaningful quotes there's also 'I'm a busty crustacean' or 'when I see dead birds I think of Teagan' or 'you just need to get in touch with your ass' so idk
Is it weird that as soon as I saw Kevin in the thumbnail I got so excited I did a celebration jiggle dance thing? Probably, but ohmygod Kevin is my fave🙏🏼
pixelpixi Same, I went into my subscriptions box to see if any of my youtubers had uploaded then I saw Kevin and I screamed and told everyone in the room to shut up so that I could listen
This was so amazing! I've been told that I don't know myself, and should wait to label my sexuality until I'm older (I'm 15, btw), because apparently it's straight until absolutely proven otherwise in this society. This poem really made me feel better about myself; I was in shivers the whole time. It was really the lasts lines that I needed to hear, though- "We hear you. Loud and clear". That really hit me hard.
this literally makes me cry every single time I watch it I relate so much when he yelled about “if anyone ever tells you you live wrong” it’s incredible
Thank you so much for this. I re-watch it all the time. "We hear you, loud and clear", for some reason the way you say it makes me feel at ease with myself.
I have been rewatching this video for 3 years. It hits me hard everytime. Every word, every pause, every breath. This poem means so much to me. It is the reason I write.
I wish I'd heard this when I was told I was just going "through a phase" when in actuality I was learning I was a lesbian and it was something I wanted to rejoice about b/c I finally understood myself but instead found myself defending myself from everyone. Luckily I have a happy ending, those that doubted eventually realized this was not "a phase" and accepted me. Beautiful amazing poem. Thank you.
PHASES by Kevin Kantor & Sienna Burnett Both: I just got a Tumblr. Phia: I don’t understand Tumblr. Sun: I don’t know what a note is. Dont like the feeling of being followed Both: by strangers. Phia: Why do they call them followers? Sun: Instead of friends? I have 81 followers Both: Mostly strangers Phia: and they send me messages that say Sun: Honey, you dont look like a feminist. Both: I didn’t respond. Phia: Your septum piercing is sexy. Both: I didn’t respond. Sun: My grandmother who’s been raising me since I was a kid. Fallon Im gay. She says that Im just going through a phase. Its really bothering me, I dont know what to do about it. P.S. I love your poems. Both: Phase, known as a distinct period in the process of change of development. Sun: I am seven years old and leaving a play date from Samantha’s house. I give her a kiss on the cheek and both our mothers swoon. I am seven years old and leaving a play date from Michael’s house. I give him a kiss on the cheek and his mother says Both: “Now thats enough up.” Phase, verb, to introduce in gradual stages. Phia: I am 22 years old, dating a woman for the first time wondering where I had been before this, wondering why it took me so long to see it. Her name is Both: phase, verb, to remove in casual stages. Sun: I spent most of high school dating a painter. A hopeful romantic who always wanted to exchange poems for portraits. Im afraid if I write him one now, it will sound too much like the suicide note he didnt leave signed. Both: Phase, verb, the process of waxing and waning. Phia: The moon takes 29 days to orbit around the Earth, appearing to us only its fractions of its full self. Both: Phase, verb, illuminating the darkness. Sun: How could we ever exist outside of a phase, Both: if being human he’s constantly trying to find the light. Sun: To that boy Both: our reply Phia: when people tell you your love is just a phase Sun: tell them you dont like the word just. Both: You are not just anything. Phia: Do not bury your demons on the Dark Side of the Moon Both: instead, phase hate out of your sky. When they treat your love like an eclipse, Sun: like its meant, that you are meant to leave it in a shadow, Phia: like it deserves to be swallowed in darkness because it burns too bright to look at. Both: Do not Phia: let them. Sun: Do not align yourself with someone else’s axis of expectation. Phia: Do not fight your own Pole. Both: Trust in your own gravity. We are closer to the stars and they will ever be. Sun: And if anyone ever tries to tell you that you love wrong, Phia: And if anyone waits for you to backwards become yourself, Both: tell them. Tell them that you ate sorry that they’d rather live in darkness and that lurks lock your light. Learn to love your flicker flasher radiation. Learn to love your full moon. Phia: And even on the days when you hang just a sliver in the sky, Sun: but it feels like you are holding on for dear life to this rock, but you are in a death grip tangle with the Sun Both: Hold on. Because I’ve seen people I love starve themselves out of the sky. Phia: Her name is Sarah Sun: Signed Andrew Phia: My starry-eyed girl and her constellation kisses Sun: My man on the moon in his ghostly glow. Both: I still don’t understand Tumblr. But I consider us friends. Thank you for sending us your secret satellite. We promised it did not get lost in space. Yes, we hear you. Loud and clear.
This made me cry. This poem means so much to me. Ever since I came out to my parents they have told me "you're confused. Your friends are just influencing you. You're too young to understand" and I have doubted myself many times wondering if they were right. But this poem was sent to me by a friend and it has made me cry. These people are amazing and I want to thank them for helping me believe in myself.
I watch button poetry videos every night before bed. I have to say this one is probably my favorite. I say that because in this moment it is the only one I have watched twice in a row. Wonderfully written and full of great passion and a great message. I love it. 😊
I remember carefully pausing and playing this video to transcribe this into my journal in 2015, then in 2019 I got a full moon tattooed on my shoulder with the words “learn to love you full moon”, now 2024 and I’m still coming back to listen to this poem definitely one of my favorites
I don't really know why but at the end of this I cried and when I watched it again I still cried. Maybe because this reminds me of when I dated a girl and her parents didn't approve. Or maybe because I felt like for the first time the poet was talking to me directly.
must be my favourite poem that i've found on button poetry. nearly cried at the end. i'm trans and people are "waiting for me to backwards become myself"
When she said her name is Sarah it made me smile a little as that is my name. I'm bisexual and I just came out to my great grandmother, who is the most important person in my life. Surprisingly she was very excepting, although she said she did not, and does not understand. I was relieved when she reacted like this, because not all my family was so excepting
ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh, Kevin's poems are so intense, passionate, emotion-filled, raw, and real. I could be wrong, but I think he writes about actual experiences, which is way cool, because he puts them out there in a beautiful poem form. God, I hope he never stops writing poems.
I've literally been told since I came out that being bisexual is "just a phase" and this poem is so validating for me. I relate to it so much and I love that they took the time to write something so meaningful 💕
tl;dr I'm emotional and I need to rant/vent. Ya know, I always come back to this poem when I feel unwanted thoughts and emotions catching up to me and low self esteem comes uninvited to have a nice chat. This poem is so versatile to so many things. Outside of the topics it covers, the theme of the poem speaks to me personally in terms of how I perceive the world--that I am not crazy for feeling and thinking the way I do, that my SOS' and cries for help do not deserve to fall onto deaf ears or be brushed off, that I'm allowed to seek attention and feel bad and discover and question and rediscover who I am or who I'm not. And that whether struggles be situational or conditional or medical or chronic, they all deserve validity. Even if it's "just a phase," like they said, it is not just anything and just because it's a "phase"--implying that it may be temporary or it will pass--doesn't mean it gets to be trivialized. It means that as much as we are allowed to feel pain and suffering, we are allowed to feel happiness, relief, and the want and need to get better. I remember crying the first time I listened to this and feeling listened to, comforted, whole and absorbing the raw emotions this poem expresses. I never expected a poem could make me feel so...not alone. Even if I sound or seem to be over dramatic to whatever I'm going through, they remind me that I am absolutely allowed to feel the way I do because there's a reason for it as there is a reason for most of everything. And that's okay. What's most important is recognizing that I can feel this way, that I am this way due to something ingrained in me, of which can be worked on to alter or change or improve in whatever way is possible. I loved the way the tone progressed throughout the poem, almost simulating the journey of struggle, confusion, defeat, despair, and/or desperation that can happen within seconds or stretch into years or lapse into repetitive moments or episodes. I speak of myself in a roundabout way because I'm not comfortable with expressing my self directly, but that in and of itself is also okay. I don't need to change immediately. I don't need to trivialize or suppress how I feel, how I express myself, and who I am or am not. I don't have to know everything all the time. It's a so called "phase," and I am allowed to experience it without judgement but with the open-mindedness I'm allowed to seek through the methods of comfort I'm allowed to get. And when I near the end of this phase, I'm allowed to cling on and grab on to hope, just like the way this poems ends with a promise of reassurance. Thank you for making this poem. I'm eternally grateful for the existence of your words and just how much they mean to me, especially whenever I need them the most, when I'm down and can feel myself spiraling out of control. This poem is always here to ground me and assure me that everything is gonna be alright. That though my emotions and my thoughts may be sinking me, I'm allowed to know they exist. So that I'm not blindly fighting off what I can't see and can turn around to face what's holding me down and pulling me back.
hey, being gay is awesome. and the people who think it isn't are homophobic and that is not awesome. it isn't always easy to be proud of who you are especially when surrounded by those telling you not to be but you will make it and be happy and out and comfortable enough to correct people casually
I watch this every time I need a little motivation to just keep going. Its amazing poem with so much meaning. Whats funny is I always forget what its called and I scramble to look for it. Just wanted to really comment and say poems have so much power
+The_Girliest_Banana That genre actually does exist because slam poetry is different than spoken word. Slam poetry is a type of competition where people read their poems without props, costumes, or music. Spoken word is poetry intended for onstage performance, rather than exclusively designed for the page.
I especially admire when they tripped up and still recovered in unison like holy shit
THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYINGGGG! LIKE OMFGG!!
"Her name is... Sarah. My starry-eyed girl and her constellation kisses."
Every time I hear that line, my heart drops. I am still so in love with her.
thebookishgetaway me too because my first loves name was sarah
Me too, I sent her an email, but she didn't reply, so im pretty sad
thebookishgetaway my bestie is Sara :))
"I'm afraid if I write him one now it will sound too much like the suicide note he didn't leave" then I slowly cry myself to sleep
ZachsSoRandom it's so sad
"When people tell you that your love is just a phase, tell them you don't like the word 'just'. You are not just anything."
This hit me hard, I absolutely love this poem. Thank you.
"A hopeful romantic who always wanted to exchange poems for portraits
I'm afraid if I write him one now
it will sound too much like the suicide note he didn't leave"
Wow. This really got me
'My starry eyed girl and her constellation kisses.'
Im not gay but for some reason, the way she says this has stuck with me. Love it♥
I feel the exact same way on how she says it
+Sara Carr I started crying at that part.
This is beauty.
When I heard the first line I anticipated a funny poem. I definitely didn't plan to be ugly sobbing by the end. Thank you.
Honestly tearing up towards the end. It's one thing to read that we should accept ourselves and that we aren't wrong for being the way we are, but to hear it and know they're being sincere is so great
I've always loved this poem.
"Do not bury your demons on the dark side of the moon"
"Do not align yourself with someone else's expectations"
"Hold on. because I've seen people I love stave themselves out of the sky."
"We hear you. Loud and clear."
Really inspiring. Kevin and Sierra always make great poems.
"we promise your satellite did not get lost in space. p.s. we hear you, loud and clear."
that made my cry, so beautiful and comforting
That guy screaming in the background after the poem is my spirit animal.
is it weird each time i see this it makes me feel a bit more hope? like does anyone else? its just really i dont even know the word for it
Mango Rainbow same
you're phasing into hope :D
Whenever I watch this I promise myself I won't cry and then she says her girlfriends name is Sarah and I don't know but that's the tipping point every time
Sarah Shepherd I'm proud of you for making it that far because I always cry within the first 30 seconds
PS, we hear you, loud and clear.
I always ache for people to say things like that and I'm usually the one telling them that it will be OK, it was nice to hear someone say that to me this time. Thank you
I know I’m a bit late, like 5 years, but I hope you found someone who has your back
phineas Bubblé you are the sweetest person. You made my day. Thank you so much. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only person that comments on old posts from people on RUclips because I think they need the comfort. Thank you for reaching out. I do have a good group of people around me, and it helps me survive every single day. I hope you have the same.
Processes Of Becoming
Oh my, I’m so happy for making your day 😁
I didn’t expect you to answer, especially not this fast.
You really made my day too.
It’s wonderful that you have friends to reach out to now.
Thank you for asking, yes, I have a group of friends too. I’ve met my best friend in kindergarten, we’re still very close and he can tell by what I type how I feel. And I made a deal with another friend, I asked her to send me the link to „keep passing the open windows“ by queen when she knows that I feel down.
So yeah, awesome friends.
I hope you and your friends have some good time and stay safe
"We hear you. Loud and clear."
This hit me. Well the entire 3:27 minutes did but knowing that people care, that they are there for me, just delighted me. I got tears in my eyes.
I love this poem so much. It's the kind of poetry I with I could study at school instead of the ones that makes me not like poetry. I cried.
Anyone else want Niel Hilborn and Kevin to do a poem together?
Omg yes!
+Slash Channel (Slash01470) The best poem ever would be Neil Hilborn, Kevin, Patrick Roche, and Denice Frohman. I would be amazed with what they come up with, together.
flighty broad Yes... Just Yes...
they came to my school and did one. also did a workshop together. it was beautiful
Rae OMG, you are so lucky! :3 Haha, you are my #RealGoals
Both of their voices are so strong. They work well together
I've already commented on this video but I just noticed something new. When they say 'you are not just anything' j think of something my drama teacher said - when I ask you about your character, never say they are just anything. They are not just a cashier. They are not just happy. They are a cashier, and they are happy. These things have to be important to them, because that's who they are. You should never put down any aspect of yourself because then you try to downplay that and when you do that you stop being yourself - something about that woman is so quotable, and although she has those deeper more meaningful quotes there's also 'I'm a busty crustacean' or 'when I see dead birds I think of Teagan' or 'you just need to get in touch with your ass' so idk
I'm so in love with Kevin it hurts.
I want more of Kevin!
every time i watch this video, when i get to the part where she says "her name...was sarah." i start getting tear-eyed.
I cannot count how many times I've been told "it's just a phase."
this brought tears to my eyes. this is amazing.
"We are closer to the stars than they will ever be." Fuck, this is so true.
Is it weird that as soon as I saw Kevin in the thumbnail I got so excited I did a celebration jiggle dance thing? Probably, but ohmygod Kevin is my fave🙏🏼
pixelpixi Same, I went into my subscriptions box to see if any of my youtubers had uploaded then I saw Kevin and I screamed and told everyone in the room to shut up so that I could listen
pixelpixi I almost did the same thing, don't worry.
Every word written by that man is pure genius. I have yet to come across a poem of his that does not completely blow me away.
Ain't he good? :)
+pixelpixi He's so nice as well. He's friends with my brother and he's so welcoming
This was so amazing! I've been told that I don't know myself, and should wait to label my sexuality until I'm older (I'm 15, btw), because apparently it's straight until absolutely proven otherwise in this society. This poem really made me feel better about myself; I was in shivers the whole time. It was really the lasts lines that I needed to hear, though- "We hear you. Loud and clear". That really hit me hard.
I PROMISED MYSELF I WOULDNT CRY
Ash Lee ME EVERY TIME
this literally makes me cry every single time I watch it
I relate so much when he yelled about “if anyone ever tells you you live wrong” it’s incredible
Thank you so much for this. I re-watch it all the time. "We hear you, loud and clear", for some reason the way you say it makes me feel at ease with myself.
poet: "her name is.... sarah"
me: welp time to go find out what's wrong with me. Been sweating through my eyes for hours now.....
I have been rewatching this video for 3 years. It hits me hard everytime. Every word, every pause, every breath. This poem means so much to me. It is the reason I write.
I wish I'd heard this when I was told I was just going "through a phase" when in actuality I was learning I was a lesbian and it was something I wanted to rejoice about b/c I finally understood myself but instead found myself defending myself from everyone. Luckily I have a happy ending, those that doubted eventually realized this was not "a phase" and accepted me.
Beautiful amazing poem. Thank you.
first watch,,, shivers down my spine with every phase, second watch,,, uncontrollable sobbing ensues
PHASES
by Kevin Kantor & Sienna Burnett
Both: I just got a Tumblr.
Phia: I don’t understand Tumblr.
Sun: I don’t know what a note is. Dont like the feeling of being followed
Both: by strangers.
Phia: Why do they call them followers?
Sun: Instead of friends? I have 81 followers
Both: Mostly strangers
Phia: and they send me messages that say
Sun: Honey, you dont look like a feminist.
Both: I didn’t respond.
Phia: Your septum piercing is sexy.
Both: I didn’t respond.
Sun: My grandmother who’s been raising me since I was a kid. Fallon Im gay. She says that Im just going through a phase. Its really bothering me, I dont know what to do about it. P.S. I love your poems.
Both: Phase, known as a distinct period in the process of change of development.
Sun: I am seven years old and leaving a play date from Samantha’s house. I give her a kiss on the cheek and both our mothers swoon. I am seven years old and leaving a play date from Michael’s house. I give him a kiss on the cheek and his mother says
Both: “Now thats enough up.” Phase, verb, to introduce in gradual stages.
Phia: I am 22 years old, dating a woman for the first time wondering where I had been before this, wondering why it took me so long to see it. Her name is
Both: phase, verb, to remove in casual stages.
Sun: I spent most of high school dating a painter. A hopeful romantic who always wanted to exchange poems for portraits. Im afraid if I write him one now, it will sound too much like the suicide note he didnt leave signed.
Both: Phase, verb, the process of waxing and waning.
Phia: The moon takes 29 days to orbit around the Earth, appearing to us only its fractions of its full self.
Both: Phase, verb, illuminating the darkness.
Sun: How could we ever exist outside of a phase,
Both: if being human he’s constantly trying to find the light.
Sun: To that boy
Both: our reply
Phia: when people tell you your love is just a phase
Sun: tell them you dont like the word just.
Both: You are not just anything.
Phia: Do not bury your demons on the Dark Side of the Moon
Both: instead, phase hate out of your sky. When they treat your love like an eclipse,
Sun: like its meant, that you are meant to leave it in a shadow,
Phia: like it deserves to be swallowed in darkness because it burns too bright to look at.
Both: Do not
Phia: let them.
Sun: Do not align yourself with someone else’s axis of expectation.
Phia: Do not fight your own Pole.
Both: Trust in your own gravity. We are closer to the stars and they will ever be.
Sun: And if anyone ever tries to tell you that you love wrong,
Phia: And if anyone waits for you to backwards become yourself,
Both: tell them. Tell them that you ate sorry that they’d rather live in darkness and that lurks lock your light. Learn to love your flicker flasher radiation. Learn to love your full moon.
Phia: And even on the days when you hang just a sliver in the sky,
Sun: but it feels like you are holding on for dear life to this rock, but you are in a death grip tangle with the Sun
Both: Hold on. Because I’ve seen people I love starve themselves out of the sky.
Phia: Her name is Sarah
Sun: Signed Andrew
Phia: My starry-eyed girl and her constellation kisses
Sun: My man on the moon in his ghostly glow.
Both: I still don’t understand Tumblr. But I consider us friends. Thank you for sending us your secret satellite. We promised it did not get lost in space. Yes, we hear you. Loud and clear.
This made me cry. This poem means so much to me. Ever since I came out to my parents they have told me "you're confused. Your friends are just influencing you. You're too young to understand" and I have doubted myself many times wondering if they were right. But this poem was sent to me by a friend and it has made me cry. These people are amazing and I want to thank them for helping me believe in myself.
I watch button poetry videos every night before bed. I have to say this one is probably my favorite. I say that because in this moment it is the only one I have watched twice in a row. Wonderfully written and full of great passion and a great message. I love it. 😊
This is beyond everything. The moves that Kevin makes accompanied by her. Wow.
Omg, the ending was perfect, and simply goosebumps
I remember carefully pausing and playing this video to transcribe this into my journal in 2015, then in 2019 I got a full moon tattooed on my shoulder with the words “learn to love you full moon”, now 2024 and I’m still coming back to listen to this poem definitely one of my favorites
I don't really know why but at the end of this I cried and when I watched it again I still cried. Maybe because this reminds me of when I dated a girl and her parents didn't approve. Or maybe because I felt like for the first time the poet was talking to me directly.
I cry every time I hear this and I've heard this for like 76578 times
My friend sent me this. She really knows me bc this is one of the best poems I've heard in a while.
That sent shivers down my spine... It was so good!!!
I'm crying
must be my favourite poem that i've found on button poetry. nearly cried at the end. i'm trans and people are "waiting for me to backwards become myself"
i want to hug theses people.
When she said her name is Sarah it made me smile a little as that is my name. I'm bisexual and I just came out to my great grandmother, who is the most important person in my life. Surprisingly she was very excepting, although she said she did not, and does not understand. I was relieved when she reacted like this, because not all my family was so excepting
I heard this years ago and just found it again. I really needed this today.
I'm speechless... I just want to say thank you.
I'm not crying you're crying
kevin kantor is one of my favourite poets
This has to be one of my favorite poems. Especially at 2:00. That hit so hard.
This poem takes my breath away every time I hear it.
Wow. Just... Wow.
I love how they used space to represent everything. I'm crying now.
this is so amazing and moving. as someone who has been told many many times that me being gay was a phase this means so much to me, thank you💛
ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh, Kevin's poems are so intense, passionate, emotion-filled, raw, and real. I could be wrong, but I think he writes about actual experiences, which is way cool, because he puts them out there in a beautiful poem form. God, I hope he never stops writing poems.
this gave me full body chills and made me cry
thank you so much you have done more than you know of
Needed this more than anyone will ever know...
I have chills. Absolutely beautiful and touching.
i got goosebumps at the end~ wow~
I'm gonna cry, holy cow. I relate to this so much...
Kevin's slams are always so well written and well performed. This is such a powerful piece.
when I saw Kevin's name I just knew this poem was gonna be lit. I wasn't disappointed.
"Thank you for sending us your secret satellite, we promise it did not get lost in space."
This always make me tear up
"Signed,Andrew." That keeps me from doing something bad to myself.
I’m crying this is great
I've literally been told since I came out that being bisexual is "just a phase" and this poem is so validating for me. I relate to it so much and I love that they took the time to write something so meaningful 💕
So many needed to know...”I hear you!” Powerful!
tl;dr I'm emotional and I need to rant/vent.
Ya know, I always come back to this poem when I feel unwanted thoughts and emotions catching up to me and low self esteem comes uninvited to have a nice chat. This poem is so versatile to so many things. Outside of the topics it covers, the theme of the poem speaks to me personally in terms of how I perceive the world--that I am not crazy for feeling and thinking the way I do, that my SOS' and cries for help do not deserve to fall onto deaf ears or be brushed off, that I'm allowed to seek attention and feel bad and discover and question and rediscover who I am or who I'm not. And that whether struggles be situational or conditional or medical or chronic, they all deserve validity. Even if it's "just a phase," like they said, it is not just anything and just because it's a "phase"--implying that it may be temporary or it will pass--doesn't mean it gets to be trivialized. It means that as much as we are allowed to feel pain and suffering, we are allowed to feel happiness, relief, and the want and need to get better. I remember crying the first time I listened to this and feeling listened to, comforted, whole and absorbing the raw emotions this poem expresses. I never expected a poem could make me feel so...not alone. Even if I sound or seem to be over dramatic to whatever I'm going through, they remind me that I am absolutely allowed to feel the way I do because there's a reason for it as there is a reason for most of everything. And that's okay. What's most important is recognizing that I can feel this way, that I am this way due to something ingrained in me, of which can be worked on to alter or change or improve in whatever way is possible.
I loved the way the tone progressed throughout the poem, almost simulating the journey of struggle, confusion, defeat, despair, and/or desperation that can happen within seconds or stretch into years or lapse into repetitive moments or episodes. I speak of myself in a roundabout way because I'm not comfortable with expressing my self directly, but that in and of itself is also okay. I don't need to change immediately. I don't need to trivialize or suppress how I feel, how I express myself, and who I am or am not. I don't have to know everything all the time. It's a so called "phase," and I am allowed to experience it without judgement but with the open-mindedness I'm allowed to seek through the methods of comfort I'm allowed to get. And when I near the end of this phase, I'm allowed to cling on and grab on to hope, just like the way this poems ends with a promise of reassurance. Thank you for making this poem. I'm eternally grateful for the existence of your words and just how much they mean to me, especially whenever I need them the most, when I'm down and can feel myself spiraling out of control. This poem is always here to ground me and assure me that everything is gonna be alright. That though my emotions and my thoughts may be sinking me, I'm allowed to know they exist. So that I'm not blindly fighting off what I can't see and can turn around to face what's holding me down and pulling me back.
in tears. how beautiful
Everytime I hate my gayness I listen to this
I love you
Sinnamon Roll-I love you, including your gayness.
Namasté.
(I honor the light in you that is also in me.)
Sinnamon Roll don't hate your gayness
We love you. All of you. Every shade in your rainbow, in shadows and fragments and light x take care
hey, being gay is awesome. and the people who think it isn't are homophobic and that is not awesome. it isn't always easy to be proud of who you are especially when surrounded by those telling you not to be but you will make it and be happy and out and comfortable enough to correct people casually
I'm shivers and tears .... That was beautiful
I watch this every time I need a little motivation to just keep going. Its amazing poem with so much meaning. Whats funny is I always forget what its called and I scramble to look for it. Just wanted to really comment and say poems have so much power
Just started crying, so powerful
Sienna has so much emotion in her voice I love it
You made me cry and I'm thankful for that. Love your work ❤️
Brb..Crying.
+Gavin C. there r more than 2 genders! :)
Genevieve Burberry I am aware of that. but thanks for trying to educate me.
why did u say both genders then
Because i go by Bisexual which only applies to male and female. I would go by Pansexual but i've already came out as bi.
+Gavin C. bisexual just applys to 2 + genders and hey u can still b pansexual to urself!! Nothing wrong w coming out again :-)
this made me cry a little.
You are beautiful. Thank you for these words.
I'm holding back tears
I cry every time I listen to this
This made me cry I love these😭
Still obsessed with this. Great message and great poem. Really inspired me.
i teared up watching this
when he said he was with the painter 😍 it killed me
This was so beautiful, bittersweet and exactly what I needed to hear.
THE ENDING GAVE ME CHILLS AHHHH
This is my very favorite poem. I shared it with my high school poetry club (I'm on leadership there) and they all loved it too!
Honestly tearing up. That was beautiful.
My eyes are sweating, this is so powerful.
You made me cry...words are mightier than swords.
I'm currently writing a slam poem called Hi, I have anxiety. When I'm finished should I upload it my RUclips
Yes it's amazing to get your voice out there
Yes, you should :)
+The_Girliest_Banana That genre actually does exist because slam poetry is different than spoken word. Slam poetry is a type of competition where people read their poems without props, costumes, or music. Spoken word is poetry intended for onstage performance, rather than exclusively designed for the page.
I do now know that the genre is spoken word and the competition is slam
Look up slam poetry. I can assure you that what I said before will come up.
im in tears
im litterally crying, this was beautiful
they did a completely different version of this in buzzfeed it mad me sad because this exact poem gave me confidence to come out 😢
I kinda like the other version too. they're both amazing
seeing 2 amazing poets like this kinda screw up for a second and then jump right back on is honestly one of the most inspiring things
I thought it had been long enough that I wouldn't cry.... I was wrong
They hit "flicker flasher radiation" and I just lost it
I've heard this before and I decided to watch it again and I'm about to sob