Rudy Francisco - Scars/To the New Boyfriend

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[@ButtonPoetry]

Read this poem and more in Rudy's fantastic book, Helium: bit.ly/rudyfhelium

[@mrpeijay]

I did not give consent for you to touch my soul, sir. Touch it, you did however.

[@chadineallen7264]

Prentiss Robinson ditto

[@johnsnow9210]

He did snitch on us tho

[@kaylamatton9131]

What a gift to be able to articulate human emotion so vividly.. I love Rudy.

[@brianglynn7568]

Man I hope this isnt about the girl who worked in the coffee shop

[@sucio130]

👏👏👏

[@Rudeboy876]

Brian Glynn lol might be

[@boingotlomoremi4181]

He is

[@littlemissprissxoxo]

No this was written way before the starbucks girl

[@totalweirdo8538]

@@littlemissprissxoxo I'm actually so glad to hear that! If someone he loved like that hurt him like this I might have had to cry about it.

[@neirasworld]

"Love is clumsy and my heart refuses to wear a helmet." Oh my!!!!!

[@jemikagardner6106]

This beautiful man speaks to my soul every time I watch him preform

[@sabrinamcdonnell3037]

"love is clumsy and my heart refuses to were a helmet" 💘

[@bipinchandrag642]

Damn.. It's breaks your heart a little bit.. And he makes you laugh at the very next moment! :( :D

[@keeranneal3473]

Since discovering this video, I've been listening to it every time I feel happy... every time I feel sad... every time I'm unsure about love

[@el_sinatra]

i just had my heart broken, and hearing this. he articulates heartbreak so well - particularly seeing the one person you love, move on.

[@keeranneal3473]

Losing love is tough. I wish you blessings on your journey.

[@keeranneal3473]

​@@el_sinatraLosing love is tough. I wish you blessings on your journey

[@el_sinatra]

@@keeranneal3473 thank you so much.

[@FreedomFighterQuel15]

I love this guy and his poems. I feel like he's delivered this particular one in better ways before, but I'm glad to see him still performing.

[@ToshiJ89]

LadyWolf15 I feel like delivery of poems can change depending on your current emotional status in relation to said poem.

[@madisonparis2303]

this guy is dead ass my favorite poet i'm so fucking attracted by the common ground between the clever jokes and the effortless wordplay that feels so romanticizing and easily relatable there was not a moment my mind wandered and that my man is impressive you are a talented god damn person

[@anthonyfarthing1756]

"I realized I was never really your boyfriend, I was your hype man " fuck I felt that.

[@heavenly981]

“ wanted to reach through the screen and snatch the happiness right out of your face “ how I felt when I saw the girl my fiance was talking too.

[@enicole2090]

"...If I could, I would tie your arms to a daydream and auction you off to my fondest memeories... " Damn. I felt that.

[@soumiabenrekia5796]

I love Rudy soooo much

[@chelseahealingtoheal]

He describes love so damn beautifully, I love his words!

[@ManoBDraycko]

I ripped every last piece of you out of my smile...I felt that

[@tyefabe2030]

Extremely deep.

[@vicente6775]

"I bet if we dusted her heart for fingerprints we would only find yours” Wow

[@lluvalle]

2 years later this just hits different for me 😩

[@allthingsawesome2]

I wanna say im gonna cry but i in fact already am.

[@tlhomphochiba5195]

This guy is talented

[@christinevanderheiden3151]

My husband writes me poetry. I was completely overwhelmed at first. But I still have all of them.

[@rory3155]

Saw Rudy perform this live last night and oh my god, he is amazing.

[@dwill3173]

Literally every word of this beautiful piece hit home

[@theanthologyhub7763]

Rudy, you're my motivation. You keep my dream alive.

[@dianaramos9581]

*saw Helium in Books A Million* *proceeded to cry as i was walking out of Books A million with it in my hands*

[@stephenpipis5568]

Wow. Just. Wow.

[@brentwebster2821]

This cut me like a rare steak, into little pieces, tender, but oh so good. Outstanding.

[@Foxstream]

"I was told that time heals all wounds but what exactly do you do on days when it feels like the hands on the cloc. has arthritis?" that line literally fucked me up because it feels like that I don't always come back to button poetry bt when i do click on all the poems

[@msnikkeh2438]

"Love is clumsy, and my heart refuses to wear a helmet"

[@kaciswanson7768]

This makes me stutter! 😍 I want to be a poet, and he- he is my inspiration! And I hate it, when the people in the background for laughing... idk why.. *.....*

[@marcusgriffin2425]

I like the one from speakeasynyc more. There was more emotion in it.

[@faridie]

Marcus Griffin Marcus Griffin agreed! I feel like it was still new and the passion behind the words was still there. I wish he made new material. I found him nine years ago and he spoke with so much passion! ♥️

[@atoxicthorn]

Agreed, one of the reasons I prefer the inkslam 09 version of scars, over newer iterations, is purely the emotion it contained.

[@AJ-3006]

Because his scars were more fresh back then in speakeasynyc.

[@willowcortes7233]

beautiful

[@ranaigonzales241]

1. If I could, I would nail these hands to the edges of stars. I would sacrifice this body to the sky, hoping to resurrect someone that does not care this much about you. 2. staple me to a cross, pierce my side with a promise and I will bleed all the reasons why you deserve one more chance. 3. loving you was the last thing I felt really good at. 4. You wanna know how I got these scars? Well, I ripped every last piece of you out of my smile. 5. I whispered you Stardust. 6. I spoke you into sunflower. 7. I dipped my hands in forever. I touched you, infinity. I treated you as if you were the last molecule of oxygen inside of a gas chamber. I was good to you. 8. You wanna know how I got these scars? I swallowed my pride then it clawed its way out of my mouth. 9. I realized that I was never really your boyfriend. I was your hype man. 10. Hope your next boyfriend gets smallpox. Ten, Yes I said smallpox. Ten, I hate you. Ten, but I still miss you. Ten! and I still love you! Ten! And I still love you! Ten! And I still love you! Ten! It's hard for me to count when I get emotional. Ten! I heard that over 90- I heard that over 90% of all human interaction is nonverbal so- ... Ten. If I could, I would tie your arms to a daydream and auction you off to my fondest memories. To the random dude who started dating my ex-girlfriend two days after we broke up, Yes, I saw that shit on Facebook. Now when I realized that you were now in a relationship with the girl I thought I would spend the rest of my life with I walked outside. I said to myself there's no way Aston Kutcher is gonna catch me off guard. I waited 45 minutes and then I realized that there hadn't been a new episode of Punk'd in almost four years. I guess that I'm the only practical joke in this entire situation. 1. The first time I saw you and her in a picture I wanted to take my entire arm, shove it inside the computer and snatch the happiness right off of your face. 2. If I ever see you in the street, I might punch you in the throat. 3. I apologize in advance. And I know that it makes no sense to have this much anger toward a man that I have never met face to face. My definition of love is being robbed in an alley eight times in a row and hoping that there's something about today that makes all of this different. There is nothing logical about cutting off the most important parts of yourself and putting them inside hands that shake, that tremble and crack like a Haitian sidewalk. 4. There is nothing rational about love. Love stutters when it gets nervous, Love trips over its own shoelaces. Love is clumsy and my heart refuses to wear a helmet. 5. Cupid is fucking irresponsible. And I'm tired of him using me for target practice. 6. I was told that time heals all wounds, but what exactly do you do on days when it feels like the hands on your clock have arthritis? 7. She always wore her heart on her sleeve so tell me, why the hell do you look so familiar? 8. I think I've seen you somewhere in her smile; like I've heard your voice in her laughter. I bet if we dusted her heart for fingerprints we would only find yours. 9. I have this envelope. It's full of all the butterflies I felt the first time she smiled in my direction. I think most of them are still alive. I guess these belong to you too.

[@187facemobb2]

I'm impressed wow

[@marjoriefrogoso7042]

WOW!!! Loss for words ... that was deep ❤️

[@mollycarey1159]

my girlfriend and i just broke up and i really needed this today. thank you.

[@Haterzarefans]

Amazing!

[@BFPLBigGeorgeCEO]

1. This is Hard! 2. I can Relate! 3. Good Job!!

[@trinazpoetry]

Pierce my side with a broken promise and I'll bleedall the crippled reasons why you deserve one more chance ......I feel that

[@mikeyajones4606]

Damn Rudy..

[@summerelem1291]

this is beautiful

[@taylorfaagau396]

I feel this

[@shyrelantrom4646]

I love 😩❤️❤️it

[@matthewfortuna4464]

Fuck man I’m balling right now

[@ShuffleMixtress]

So beautiful 🫶🏻

[@Cici-mz2es]

I hate you 10 but I still miss you 10 and I still love you 10 and I still love you 10...

[@dawns.hunters4702]

Damn, feelin so much, thank you

[@JayceJude5]

I stan you so much

[@sosoftsonicemedia6336]

amazing

[@alexusgongora7963]

When he said “I bet if we dusted a heart for fingerprints, we would only find yours” I was like ouchhhh, I had to pause the video to let that sink in

[@livewithloyal2519]

How did u say everything I was trying to say 💯 dope & Deep

[@christianalcaraz6748]

Wtf I have living under a rock. I didn't even know there was poetry competition let alone these verbal ninjas

[@layth2485]

“I bet these belong to you to” I’m 12 and already made many mistakes. 12... I’m really young ain’t? With the experience of a 16 year old that’s terrible at grammar. I’ll tell you now I have a bf. I have short relationships. 1 month is my average. I’m rarely not in a relationship since I’m tall and curvy. I have about 15 ex-boyfriends and 18 ex-girlfriends. I sound like a liar right now but I’m not. I ask people out get asked out, and cheat 50/100 times. My heart hasn’t been through much damage because of another but... another’s heart has been torn up then sowed back together them torn up once more. If I want something more I break their heart. I’m selfish. But I’ve changed a lot of people’s lives. I promise you I hate what I do more then one can ever hate me. I just am young who knows a lot of stuff

[@kyramckenzie7556]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sifisothwala477]

Loving you was the last thing I felt really good at

[@mr.monzon8876]

👏👏👏👏

[@grandpascardstcg]

3:26-3:44

[@jniellerivers5938]

Damn...

[@TigerT242]

Damn

[@silondiwemthethwa7880]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@NancyEggy]

'Cupid is fucking irresponsible and I'm tired of him using me for target practice'..... that hit deep 😫

[@napoleonbmyte]

no really tho

[@Nourtzrt]

"loving you was the last thing i felt really good at"

[@stephaniedonahue1272]

Nourhane Atmani agreed! Impactful

[@pollyprd7903]

that shit hit me so damn hard

[@masters284]

Felt that!

[@tonystrevelii3455]

This line pulled at my heart’s strings much harder than I was prepared for

[@kasperwilliams7933]

On god im playing that part baxk to back stuck like wtff deep

[@mylifeasaninitialism6792]

“I bet if we dusted her heart for finger prints we would only find yours” what a beautiful way to be able to express bitterness but not hate. People think the two always go hand in hand but that’s not necessarily true.

[@JFLO-tj9gp]

I thought the same thing as well.

[@madikobekotsedi1163]

I relate to this poem. I've been there. Letting go is hard especially when the one you love love's somebody else. But god makes a way. These are just growing pains

[@JFLO-tj9gp]

@@madikobekotsedi1163 I had to let go of someone who I loved with every single cell in my body. Memories are still there haunting me. Still feel her next to me still smell her. I hate it. LOVE SUCKS

[@shaziyasheikh1137]

Can you explain it please????

[@Moozymo]

That part made my chest cringe… I felt that

[@maxtryhorn9527]

what i love about these poems. Rudy in particular, is that they have millions of views but I know for a fact that it’s the same few thousand of people coming back again.

[@gypsyspiriit2242]

true! i keep coming back.

[@scottbrock6147]

There was no need to call us out

[@tshenolomasilela6360]

Absolutely true! ❤

[@colinmadison6005]

The 108 dislikes are from the new boyfriend

[@willowthompson7467]

All of them ??😂😂😂😂

[@Demtor83]

"But the definition of love is being robed in an alley 8 times in a row and hoping there is something about today that makes all of this different!"

[@jahmessed]

"there is nothing logical about cutting off the most important part of yourself and then putting them inside of hands that shake, that trembles, that crack like a Haitian sidewalk"

[@JaysNest]

Ouch. 😢 Always speaking to the deep parts of my pain that lay hidden in drawer never to be found.. until you write them on paper and speak the words right through me.

[@hopepaschall35]

The first time I watched this, it was 3:30 a.m. and I had just gotten my heart broken for the first time. This resonated with every part of me that was hurting, every part but just wanted to let go of this and not feel anything anymore. It made me sob like a little kid and helped me heal, helped me prepare for the coming day. Thank you for sharing with the world this beautiful piece of art.

[@preacher475]

It would get better and ik it has been 2 years but it always get's better

[@rlmelendez91]

I’m here now...😞

[@collinames4078]

Bro I’m just watching this and it’s 4:30 am

[@rebeccahutchison413]

Rudy. Your words are beautiful.

[@Maria-kr6zc]

Scars One, if I could, I would nail these hands to the edges of stars I would sacrifice this body to the sky, hoping to resurrect someone that’s spiteful enough to not care about you anymore. Two, staple me to a cross. Pierce my side with a broken promise and I will bleed all the crippled reasons why you deserve one more chance. Three, loving you was the last thing that I was really good at. Four, you wanna know how I got these scars. Well, I ripped every last piece of you out of my smile. Five, I whispered you stardust. Six, I spoke you into sunflowers. Seven, 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. Eight. You wanna know how I got these scars? Well, I swallowed my pride and then it clawed it’s way out of my mouth and Nine, I realized that I was never really your boyfriend, I guess I was really just your height man. Ten, I hope your next boyfriend gets small pox. Ten Yes I said small pox. Ten, I hate you. ten, I miss you. ten, but I still love you. ten, it’s hard for me to count when I get emotional. Ten I heard that over 90%, 90% of human interaction is not verbal..so.. Ten, if I could, I would tie your arms to a day dream and then auction you off to my fondest memories. To the new boyfriend To the random dude who started dating my ex girlfriend two days after we broke up (yes, I read that on facebook). When I saw that you were in a relationship with the girl that I thought I would someday spend the rest of my life with, I walked outside. I said to myself, “There’s no way Ashton Kutcher is gonna catch me off guard.” I waited 45 minutes and then I realized, there hasn’t been a new episode of “punked” in almost three years, so I guess I’m the only practical joke in this entire situation. One: The first time I saw you and her in a picture, I wanted to take my entire arm, shove it inside of the computer and snatch the happiness right off of your face. Two, if I ever see you in the street, I’m probably going to punch you in the throat. I apologize in advance. Three, I’m sorry for hating you so much. And I know that it makes no sense to have this much anger toward a man that I have never met face to face, but my definition of love is being robbed in an alley 8 times in a row and hoping there’s something about today that makes all of this different. There is nothing logical about cutting off the most important parts of yourself then putting them inside hands that shake, that tremble, that crack like a hatian sidewalk. Four, there is nothing rational about love. Love stutters when it gets nervous, love trips over its own shoelaces. Love is clumsy, and my heart doesn’t wear a helmet. Four, cupid is fucking irresponsible, and I’m tired of him using me for target practice. Five, 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? Six, she always wore her heart on her sleeve. So tell me, why do you look so familiar? Seven, I think I’ve seen you somewhere in her smile. Eight, I think I’ve heard you in her laughter, I bet if we dusted her heart for fingerprints, we would only find yours. Nine, you see I have this envelope, I carry it with me all the time, it’s full of all the butterflies I felt the first time she relaxed the velcro on her lips and smiled in my direction. Most of them are still alive. I can still feel their wings through the paper. I suppose these belong to you, too.”

[@GlowandLuna]

pismo love thank you! It was really nice of you to do this

[@ewilliams685]

Yessss thank you. You are the real MVP

[@zachmoss3727]

It's great that you did this, but your numbers are off.

[@daesia7403]

Not all of the wording is right

[@BlackButterfly204]

Dani Emily Hernandez that one is from his re edited version of this poem

[@malihah4205]

I dee Rudy I click even though I almost know the poem by heart

[@HotelBedSheets]

Ha! Same here:)

[@ndodzoyuletidemakhado5972]

Part One: Scars One If I could, I would nail these hands to the edges of stars. I would sacrifice this body to the sky hoping to resurrect as someone spiteful enough to not care about you anymore. Two Staple me to a cross. Pierce my side with a broken promise, and I will bleed all the crippled reasons why you deserve one more chance. Three Loving you is the last thing that I felt really good at. Four You wanna know how I got these scars? See I ripped every last piece of you out of my smile. Five I whispered you stardust. Six I spoke you into sunflowers. Seven 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. Eight You wanna know how I got these scars? See I swallowed my pride, and then it clawed its way out of my mouth. Nine I realized that I was never really your boyfriend. I was just your f*cking hype-man. Ten I hope your next boyfriend gets smallpox. Ten Yes I said smallpox. Ten I hate you. Ten But I still miss you. Ten And a part of me still loves you. Ten It's hard for me to count when I get emotional. Ten I heard that over ninety percent of human interaction is non-verbal so [Pause] Ten If I could, I would tie your arms to a daydream and then auction you off to my fondest memories. Part Two: To the New Boyfriend To the random dude who started dating my ex-girlfriend two days after we broke up - yes, I saw that sh*t on Facebook. Now when I realized that you were in a relationship with the girl that I thought I would someday spend the rest of my life with, I walked outside, I said to myself "There is no way Ashton Kutcher is gonna catch me off guard." I waited 45 minutes. And then I realized that there hasn't been a new episode of Punk'd in damn near four years. So I guess I'm the only practical joke in this entire situation. One The first time I saw you and her in a picture I wanted to take my entire arm, shove it inside of the computer and snatch the happiness right off of your face. Two If I ever see you in the street, I'm probably gonna punch you in the throat. Three I apologize in advance. And I know, I know that it makes no sense to have this much anger towards a man that I've never actually met face-to-face. But, my definition of love is being robbed in an alley eight times in a row and hoping there is something about today that makes all of this different. There is nothing logical about cutting off the most important parts of yourself and then putting them inside of hands that shake, that tremble, that crack like a Haitian sidewalk. Four There is nothing rational about love. Your love stutters when it gets nervous, your love trips over its own shoelaces. Love is clumsy, and my heart refuses to wear a helmet. Five Cupid is f*cking irresponsible and I'm tired of him using me for target practice. Six 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? Seven She always wore her heart on her sleeve. So tell me then, why the hell do you look so familiar? Eight I think I've seen you somewhere in her smile, like I've heard your voice in her laughter, like I've smelled your cologne her thighs. I bet if we dusted her heart for fingerprints we would only find yours. Nine I have this envelope, it's full of all the butterflies I felt the first time she relaxed the Velcro on her lips and smiled in my direction. I think most of them are still alive. I guess these belong to you

[@thetypewriterbtch8763]

He made me cry and laugh in the most vulnerable way possible.

[@alexisliberty468]

Whenever I am going through a writers block I come back to this video. Reminds me how powerful spoken word is. Will probably forever be my favourite

[@waddlebottles]

it's been almost a year since you've left. i remember the first time i listened to this poem, i cried and cried and cried. i think i played it nearly every single day from then on, and cried each time, varying between gut-wrenching sobs to silent tears. writing this today, it's been a while since i've listened to this poem. i cried, of course, but these tears feel different. these tears feel like healing. i am waiting for the day i can listen to this poem, not shed a single tear, and can only remember you as a distant memory.

[@Valenescov99]

I hope this pain is gone for you, I hope you can finally watch this video without a single tear and I hope when you think of them it really is just a memory now

[@jonathanbullock5788]

It’s so powerful, you may still have the tears but always for different reasons, no shame in it!

[@Junior-jl6nz]

"Cupid is f***ing irresponsible"

[@BLGhomiie]

his book is becoming my absolute favourite book of poetry. he is phenomenal. I wish he would do an audiobook so I can hear all this passion off the pages.

[@1cjblacks85]

BLGhomiie you can buy his audio cds and get the digital copy.

[@BLGhomiie]

Dora Milaje I didn’t know he had an audio CD! where? button store?

[@1cjblacks85]

I got it from a website called Bandcamp a while back. Google it.

[@juicienyad7582]

I fell inlove with a sorry ass fuckboy dressed as a loving good man.... This poem made me cry softly and beat myself up for still wanting him...im human

[@steffniponnampalam6463]

This hurted my feelings. Shit 😭

[@ambergeddes8157]

This is one of my favourites of all time. Rudy is such a wordsmith, I’m in love with his tongue.

[@hannastoll7451]

Scars One, if I could, I would nail these hands to the edges of stars I would sacrifice this body to the sky, hoping to resurrect someone that’s spiteful enough to not care about you anymore. Two, staple me to a cross. Pierce my side with a broken promise and I will bleed all the crippled reasons why you deserve one more chance. Three, loving you was the last thing that I was really good at. Four, you wanna know how I got these scars. Well, I ripped every last piece of you out of my smile. Five, I whispered you stardust. Six, I spoke you into sunflowers. Seven, 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. Eight. You wanna know how I got these scars? Well, I swallowed my pride and then it clawed it’s way out of my mouth and Nine, I realized that I was never really your girlfriend, I guess I was really just your hype girl Ten, I hope your next girlfriend gets small pox. Ten Yes I said small pox. Ten, I hate you. ten, I miss you. ten, but I still love you. ten, it’s hard for me to count when I get emotional. Ten I heard that over 90%, 90% of human interaction is not verbal..so.. Ten, if I could, I would tie your arms to a day dream and then auction you off to my fondest memories. To the new girlfriend To the random girl who started dating my ex boyfriend two days after we broke up (yes, I read that on facebook). When I saw that you were in a relationship with the boy that I thought I would someday spend the rest of my life with, I walked outside. I said to myself, “There’s no way Ashton Kutcher is gonna catch me off guard.” I waited 45 minutes and then I realized, there hasn’t been a new episode of “punked” in almost three years, so I guess I’m the only practical joke in this entire situation. One: The first time I saw you and him in a picture, I wanted to take my entire arm, shove it inside of the computer and snatch the happiness right off of his face. Two, if I ever see you in the street, I’m probably going to punch you in the throat. I apologize in advance. Three, I’m sorry for hating you so much. And I know that it makes no sense to have this much anger toward a girl that I have never met face to face, but my definition of love is being robbed in an alley 8 times in a row and hoping there’s something about today that makes all of this different. There is nothing logical about cutting off the most important parts of yourself then putting them inside hands that shake, that tremble, that crack like a hatian sidewalk. Four, there is nothing rational about love. Love stutters when it gets nervous, love trips over its own shoelaces. Love is clumsy, and my heart doesn’t wear a helmet. Four, cupid is fucking irresponsible, and I’m tired of him using me for target practice. Five, 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? Six, he always wore his heart on his sleeve. Even tho he pretends to not give a fuck about anything, So tell me, why do you look so familiar? Seven, I think I’ve seen you somewhere in his smile. Eight, I think I’ve heard you in his laughter, I bet if we dusted his heart for fingerprints, we would only find yours. Nine, you see I have this envelope, I carry it with me all the time, it’s full of all the butterflies I felt the first time he relaxed the velcro on his lips and smiled in my direction. Most of them are still alive. I can still feel their wings through the paper. I suppose these belong to you, too.”

[@chichae_]

wow HAHAHA but also heart breaking

[@Wookyduh]

T E N !!!!!!!!!! "There is NOTHING Rational about Love" 💔 (definitely buying Helium, I Must have more 😊)

[@autumnrize]

I prefer his original piece personally, it seemed more meaningful and honest.

[@GooodSouppp]

Alexander Watts right!! Now it sounds like a recording lol

[@StephanieonYT]

Alexander Watts It's probably because it's not a fresh hurt anymore.

[@joefresh82]

@@StephanieonYT ahhhh I was wonderin why it felt so different. Thank you

[@Firespawnable]

Can someone link his original piece?

[@wompwomp1015]

Just found out my boyfriend cheated and lied about it for two weeks, while he continued our relationship like nothing happened. I can’t even sleep in my room anymore because all I can remember is how he slept like a baby in my bed knowing what he did to me. This piece helped so much more than he could ever understand.

[@jaderivette7675]

"staple me to a cross, pierce my side w a broken promise, and i'll bleed all the reasons to forgive you."

[@niddd3873]

I feel like his first performance of this poem was a little better, I just liked the emotion in his other one

[@John1010LIFE]

If I could I’d tie your hands to a day dream and auction you off to my fondest memories.

[@jessxo4363]

Love is clumsy and my heart refuses to wear a helmet

[@nomesecuestres5170]

Part One: Scars One If I could, I would nail these hands to the edges of stars. I would sacrifice this body to the sky hoping to resurrect as someone spiteful enough to not care about you anymore. Two Staple me to a cross. Pierce my side with a broken promise, and I will bleed all the crippled reasons why you deserve one more chance. Three Loving you is the last thing that I felt really good at. Four You wanna know how I got these scars? See I ripped every last piece of you out of my smile. Five I whispered you stardust. Six I spoke you into sunflowers. Seven 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. Eight You wanna know how I got these scars? See I swallowed my pride, and then it clawed its way out of my mouth. Nine I realized that I was never really your boyfriend. I was just your fucking hype-man. Ten I hope your next boyfriend gets smallpox. Ten Yes I said smallpox. Ten I hate you. Ten But I still miss you. Ten And a part of me still loves you. Ten It's hard for me to count when I get emotional. Ten I heard that over ninety percent of human interaction is non-verbal so [Pause] Ten If I could, I would tie your arms to a daydream and then auction you off to my fondest memories. Part Two: To the New Boyfriend To the random dude who started dating my ex-girlfriend two days after we broke up - yes, I saw that shit on Facebook. Now when I realized that you were in a relationship with the girl that I thought I would someday spend the rest of my life with, I walked outside, I said to myself "There is no way Ashton Kutcher is gonna catch me off guard." I waited 45 minutes. And then I realized that there hasn't been a new episode of Punk'd in damn near four years. So I guess I'm the only practical joke in this entire situation. One The first time I saw you and her in a picture I wanted to take my entire arm, shove it inside of the computer and snatch the happiness right off of your face. Two If I ever see you in the street, I'm probably gonna punch you in the throat. Three I apologize in advance. And I know, I know that it makes no sense to have this much anger towards a man that I've never actually met face-to-face. But, my definition of love is being robbed in an alley eight times in a row and hoping there is something about today that makes all of this different. There is nothing logical about cutting off the most important parts of yourself and then putting them inside of hands that shake, that tremble, that crack like a Haitian sidewalk. Four There is nothing rational about love. Your love stutters when it gets nervous, your love trips over its own shoelaces. Love is clumsy, and my heart refuses to wear a helmet. Five Cupid is fucking irresponsible and I'm tired of him using me for target practice. Six 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? Seven She always wore her heart on her sleeve. So tell me then, why the hell do you look so familiar? Eight I think I've seen you somewhere in her smile, like I've heard your voice in her laughter, like I've smelled your cologne her thighs. I bet if we dusted her heart for fingerprints we would only find yours. Nine I have this envelope, it's full of all the butterflies I felt the first time she relaxed the Velcro on her lips and smiled in my direction. I think most of them are still alive. I guess these belong to you too.

[@cristoferramirez1159]

Mr Mostacho thanks a lot

[@ladyinred1983nay]

Thank you

[@anti-queproductionsurgenyo4212]

"There is no way Ashton Kutcher is gonna catch me off guard.. I waited 45 minutes. And then I realized that there hasn't been a new episode of punk'd in damn near four years" "Cupid is fucking irresponsible.. And M tired of him using me for target practice. " "I have this envelope , it's full of these butterflies I felt the first time she smiled in my direction,... I think most of them are still alive.. I guess these belong to you too."

[@sucio130]

Love watching Rudy. Love his book Helium. So deep. Thank you sir

[@sawyeralexander8919]

I feel this so much, except the roles of boyfriend/girlfriend are reversed

[@ButtonPoetry]

Thank you

[@jayne3360]

"if I could, I would tie your arms to a daydream and auction you off to my fondest memories" Hits. So. Hard.

[@beberivera7011]

"Cupid is fucking irresponsible and I'm tired of being used for target practice!" Jee zus!

[@charlessherwinsangabriel1576]

1:47 to the new boyfriend lapaag ko lang kase nagmememorize ako

[@isialfred6278]

I put my hopes in a dream an I let them sleep, Wieghed down by these thoughts till my own mind began to sink! I'm sorry for not being important, You can pray for love while preaching hatred from your lips? I apologise for not being supportive! But that way of life was unwanted so I had to abort it? The world cost too much only God could afford it, Our lust for riches scream loud it's hard to ignore her? Nightmares are comprised of the promises life didn't keep, Lions count sheep I count my regrets till I fall asleep. I cut my heart in two an gave a part to you, I did what they thought I wouldn't do? A beautiful lie isn't better than the ugly truth, there's this other me that has never seen the other you? I wish we didn't grow old an we could forever live in our idealistic youth? Many experiences but those life changing moments we only get a few!

[@DianaKavaya]

Never clicked on anything this first....😆