@dnydoesstuff: The pain of comparison. #spokenpoetry #poem #fyp

adelka :

I can hear the pain in his voice

JustZaddyDaddy¹⁰⁰⁹ :

this is next level deep.

Christ is king✝️♥️🙏 :

someone pls type it out for me

lays :

if u reading this I'm proud of you💖

kayle :

POV: life of an Asian

u& :

I hate being compared.

🦊 ᯓ★ ᴡᴀʙɪғ ꨄ ❤️‍🩹 :

middle child life. 😕

Val ~ :

Your voice is so comforting. Thank you for all of these poems, in a way they are comforting.

Rice :

Why are my eyes so watery……

.s3aangel :

I js realized my parents has never said "im proud of you"...

Choso_Az_spaMz :

It experience to wright a heartbreaking poem like this ❤️‍🩹

️ :

mybe i don't deserve to be appreciated

;p :

🐥🌑 :

silent repost...

🧸Izzy🧸 :

I will never be like my cousins,siblings or anyone

𐙚⋆°𝓐𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓪🦢⋆ᥫ᭡ :

My Brother told me he’s proud of ME🥹

mec :

i feel u, bro

킨다 欣欣🍥🎐🪷 :

Why is this so real

𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒉𝒂 :

silent repost

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They literally always compare to my cousin

˚₊‧꒰ა 𝔄𝔪𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔞 ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ :

I feel u gng . u saying this is how I speak to myself in the mirror why can we be understood ? we try but in there eyes we fail it's not fair they see me as the problem I'm never enough .

M :

hey strangers i don’t know you but i need you to hear this right now you matter even if your mind keeps telling you that you don’t even if it feels like nobody sees you or understands you you are still important simply because you exist you are a real person with a real heart that feels deeply and you have been carrying so much for so long and it makes sense that you are tired and overwhelmed and hurting you are not weak for feeling this way you are human and being human can be so heavy sometimes you don’t have to pretend you’re okay you don’t have to smile through the pain you don’t have to be strong for everyone else right now you are allowed to cry you are allowed to feel lost you are allowed to be exactly where you are and still be worthy of love and care you don’t have to fix your whole life tonight you don’t have to know what the future looks like all you have to do is be here in this moment and breathe and let yourself exist and that is enough for now there are parts of you that are beautiful even if you can’t see them the way you feel deeply the way you care the way you keep going even when everything inside you wants to give up those things mean something your presence in this world changes things in ways you don’t realize there are people whose lives are brighter because you are in them and there are people you haven’t even met yet who will be so glad you stayed there is a future version of you that is still waiting to feel okay again to laugh at something silly to feel a moment of peace to wake up one day and not hurt so much and that version of you is real even if right now all you can feel is pain this moment is not the end of your story it is just one chapter and chapters can change you don’t have to be brave forever you just have to keep going for this minute and then the next one and then the next one you don’t have to carry everything alone you deserve support you deserve understanding you deserve to feel safe inside your own heart again so please be gentle with yourself right now please stay with yourself even when it hurts you are not a burden! you matter!

J :

Damm it feel like he is about to cry

THEEm3raldGu :

hearing the pain in this man's voice js hurts

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Literally getting “I’m proud of you” from my friend that I knew for months and never from my parents.