Neil Hilborn - Future Tense

[@marvelouslymundane]

"she filled something in you that is still full, even though she's gone"

[@Weirdo0258]

Joel D'Souza she didn't leave him empty when she left him..Even though they are not together, that love gave him something. So even though he wants her back, he can respect her wishes..he is not going away from this empty handed.

[@kiaranotkiara]

"she made you want to live more than anything else, and know you want to leave the world, because you've seen it."

[@ksmiles124]

"How beautiful and tragic it is, to feel everything so deeply." Neil, you're a beautiful poet and Honestly, my favorite. You feel everything so deeply and you understand, you understand my thoughts and put it into a poem, you put it into words, everything I feel about my own lost loves or life in general. You're beautiful.

[@priscilaperson3784]

Agreed!

[@JustinBieber4Lyfe]

What is that line from?

[@emmabush8517]

Where is that quote from?

[@user-io7jc9sm1w]

@@emmabush8517 "it is both a blessing and a curse, to feel everything so very deeply"- david jones

[@user-io7jc9sm1w]

@@emmabush8517 I'm two years late but yk

[@CrocketX]

When you smile because of the 'masturbate in public' part and then your smile slowly starts to turn into tears. Love this so much.

[@redredsweater1026]

This is the poem that I wake up to at night. When I wake up sweating and gasping, choking on air and tangled in sheets that fit just a little unright. "In her, you have seen the color and shape of your perfect life." I see these lines and hear them and I can't breathe because I imagine the way they have a future that I don't. "I can! I can! I can!" This is the sound of the beating heart that stabs itself further and further onto the knife embedded in your chest. "Because she filled something in you that's still full. Even though she's gone."

[@ThyWorshipMetal]

This poetry + alcohol + Damien Rice is quite.. heavenly.

[@Syd-istic]

4 years ago this poem saved my life and made feel less alone when I was in such a sad place. Thank you. I came back today and listened to it and it makes me smile knowing what I have overcome.

[@abriannaleerae2280]

every piece of his makes me so sad but i love it. absolutely beautiful.

[@priscilaperson3784]

What the hell ?! I swear I love this man His an inspiration, I admire all his poems He writes in such a beautiful way

[@byby200116]

Neil and Patrick Roche are my all time favourite poets 😊

[@maxkicksrocks]

Same! I also love Sam Sax

[@amethystlee1654]

Yess!!!

[@4amcuriosity162]

Yasssssss

[@lachlancampbell7838]

I know you'll never read this. But Neil you've saved my life so many times by giving me the words I lacked. Your ability to be vulnerable and communicate at the same time is pure art

[@katiesharbaugh3741]

Something about his poems is so unique and stunning, it leaves me in awe every time.

[@vidhitiwari21]

"...you need to feel vulnerable in front of somebody else." The joke made so much sense that it was sad

[@aja5156]

This has been my favorite poem for 5+ years. I listen to it often. I share it with anyone I think may need it. Some days though, like today. I don’t play it. I see it in the suggestions, I sit with it paused for a moment. I catch my breath. I smile, unconvincingly, then till it hurts my cheeks, then i move on.

[@florprz]

I shriek whenever I see Neil in my subscription box

[@HaleyGrace666]

I am in love with Neil's poems, So beautiful and real.

[@lucyj5490]

"In her you have seen the colour and shape of your perfect life and now the children, the house, the arguments about tablecloths, they are all fading like things left in sunlight. Like any dream left too long in the light." So beautiful

[@diniwata]

3:06AM and I'm bawling so hard. Damn. It ended in a way I know reconciling would be a very bad idea but it just hit so hard because yes, everything reminds me of him. I saw a future with him and it all made sense, but of course, it was just a dream. Such beautiful art right here.

[@bellahernandez92]

Neil gives me so many feelings

[@MegansCloudyMorning]

This man is a gift

[@kjhgjhg100]

This poem has always been sad to me, but now that I can relate to it, it is absolutely heart wrenching and destroying me.

[@greyae5911]

This one brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much for existing, Mr. Hilborn.

[@mechgt5]

30 seconds in and I'm crying. Then smiling...now I'm crying again.

[@Glowsticks1000]

Can someone bring Neil to the UK? I'd love to see him perform at some point

[@miaaw51]

he’s coming this fall !!! look him up on twitter !!!

[@raynashley2505]

How could someone dislike this??!!

[@DarianneMitchell]

I am in love with Neil hilborn

[@Hiros29TV]

this is by far my fav poem from him, it’s justso beautiful, so full of feelings and i relate sooooo so much to it

[@Chrispbacon94]

Isn't this the same guy who did O.C.D? Love this guy

[@CDLatin]

yeah. he is amazing

[@artemis4935]

finally, a good quality video of this poem.

[@melicruzr]

Neil and Sam are my favorite spoken word poets

[@4444smc]

Melissa Cruz sam who?

[@melicruzr]

Sean Clarke Sam Sax

[@4444smc]

omg he id so good too

[@vivienly5722]

I love Neil as an artist, and I hope he finds someone who will be his sun everyday even when the clouds come

[@jayshreedas8002]

I just Love you Neil Hilborn!

[@jasminehoran4541]

He is such an amazing writer and speaker I can't with him

[@kalynhosler5797]

i can’t explain how this makes me feel

[@AnotherGenericUsername]

I absolutely love this man!

[@MishaDKroon]

Honestly one of my favourites from Northbound, it's nice to see it performed. Neil is an exceptionally phenomenal poet and performer ^.^

[@amyfaith3245]

His words are so powerful they speak to my soul! 💕

[@alyssaortega9222]

Neil has done it again

[@jeanettejensen9076]

i watch all his poems every day i am not even exaggerating

[@disasterdump]

i love him too much tbh

[@kubbytustard]

this is my fav off of his spoken word album but listening to this brings up so much pain. ah, too relatable

[@jakekrause961]

"But you will stay silent Because of her, because she asked for this, Because she filled something in you that's still full Even though she's gone."

[@heyimmaballerina]

He makes my heart swell with happiness

[@jupiterfan013]

This is beautiful...and is exactly how I felt after losing my first REAL love

[@vivianruiz2733]

he's my favorite poet

[@MinniMouseLuver143]

He recovered from that hiccup really well

[@Yankeesiheart]

"Like any dream left too long in the light"

[@melissaalcala3450]

Hands down favorite poet

[@tylercrowder9973]

I feel like he wrote this about me. I mean obviously he didn't. But that's what I love about his poems. As he said in "the future" "It's not to say you aren't special it's to say thank God you aren't special"

[@clairedavis8922]

This honestly broke my heart

[@ernsavestheday]

I'M SOBBING

[@notanotherindieband]

This is so relevant.

[@ssriluna]

Beautiful!

[@makeartsteph919]

Is this man everybody's favorite!?

[@CDLatin]

He is number two for me but it is close

[@makeartsteph919]

chris latin who is number one?

[@CDLatin]

Stephanie Cano Andrea Gibson

[@daphnegrace64]

Amazing as always, Neil.

[@mariamahmad9407]

i love neil hilborn ❤

[@musicgamer33]

He did a version of this with Kevin Kantor I believe and it was my favorite thing ever and I can't find it anywhere

[@horsecrazy2266]

She filled something in you that's still full, even though she's gone...

[@AfterOwls]

Amazing

[@jeffleach5813]

I hate this poem so much because it makes me freaking cry because it's too relatable.. spoken amazing

[@donny273]

who hurt this man

[@MiZzKristel]

yesss you've done it again 👌👌👌😍

[@briannaault7666]

there used to be a video of this with Kevin Kantor commentating and it was also beautiful 😭 idk where it went

[@berry_bunny4273]

beautiful

[@haleyz-kid9079]

I already had these feelings as I clicked on this video... My 4th love just left me...it hurts...a lot

[@alicsanderdeleary7959]

Young Santa, I love you.

[@ThebicastOrgpodcast]

GOT MY COPY

[@krru9083]

I love how his book is green, his eyes is green, even his cloth is green ...

[@isis5888]

Holy shit, Neil.

[@danielleradcliff5265]

There should be subtitles or a comment with the lines.

[@maritzamata8]

i want to be loved the way he loves her.

[@terricampbell9257]

Awesome

[@lexisexi2840]

I want to marry this guy I really really do

[@NattyByNature-]

this entire poem is literally the perfect description of my ex and I

[@AirwrekaDoesntRead]

This whole poem is bad advice, come on

[@lexielarson8071]

You don't get it

[@mcalphax]

Lexie Larson listen carefully 0:56

[@ThePinkipodkid]

hes so unique :3

[@soniayorker3342]

Amazing poem, but can we talk about how soft his hair looks?

[@Regory10]

Story of my life...

[@katiemacwhereuat]

This came out 4 days after my 4th love left me

[@VdeValdir]

My english isn't Very Sharp... Can Simeone explain me the meaning of the final words?

[@bjorkmje]

Laughing and quietly crying all in 3 minutes

[@woopwoopified]

'You've seen it'

[@barborarackova2597]

What if i will ?

[@mewtwo1248]

i'm fucking crying.

[@kinsleygottfried9286]

I know this is a man talking about a girl, but I swear to a god above this is me talking about you.

[@Absurdist1968]

it's a nice poem, but it really sings with Kevin's side commentary.

[@l0tusmilk]

I'd kill to be the fifth but stay

[@ryanmason74]

Neil is becoming Kurt Russell

[@AniketosHonor]

I think he handled it gracefully, but the masturbate in public line is just as serious as the rest of the poem, it's shocking and vulgar, but it's raw just to feel vulnerable again, fall in love with strangers, all those themes tying into trying to feel whole and in control.

[@mr.sir0173]

I'm board

[@ArielBlack89]

this poems are amazing but the oratory skills clearly come from the same teacher since everyone sounds he same, there are incredibly poeerful ways of using once voice to compliment rhetoric, i doesnt always need to be loud.. i would like to hear something different

[@bananamilk70]

Why’d you have to do that

[@Stephanienollyflores]

Am I the only one that has part of this tatted?

[@tronnorgrande873]

Crying?

[@RandomTuber782]

I think my gf just broke up with me with this.

[@DavidR]

Still just not as good as "moving day." :(

[@taboowriter9229]

This guy is bad.