This poem is gut wrenching. My grandma recently got diagnosed with dementia. I originally listened to this after I lost my dad(heart attack), but now I stand here again. Theres so much emotion tied to these words.I can't think about the day she won't remember me.....it breaks me down every time. Thank you for this poem. 💙

I always come to your videos while I’m upset and crying, I find myself saying “I need your words”. you’ve helped me through breakdowns in multiple places and I keep coming back, even when I’m not sad your words help me cope with life and I’m gonna go as far to say I love you. Thank you Shane, thank you for everything

@cody42693

2 жыл бұрын

I hope everything is okay right now.

@bushra2179

Жыл бұрын

Same. I've been listening to his poems for 8 years now when I have a tough time. Something about it is just so comforting

I'm so scared of my dad having Alzheimer.. knowing I won't be able to call him daddy again, grab his shirt and cry because my husband said something mean when I won't be able to tell you I love you dad, and a reply will be "I love you too, my little princess" when I won't be able to afford being without him but his prescense will mean that I am just an unknown person at his side, nothing but ashes of the girl he used to protect with all his might I won't be his little girl, his little warrior and I won't be able to talk about our favorite books together I'm so scared of Alzheimer because I'm scared of losing my favorite person in the world

@arireardon3025

6 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry you have to go through something like that. I can't even imagine how I would handle it of I was in your position.

@ResonatedBeauty

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry.... Big hugs.... I am afraid of the same.... Pray deeply.... please update

@meandmyself8055

11 ай бұрын

there was once a story of a grandma with Alzheimers who's granddaughter asked her do you remember me and the grandma replied "No, but i remember I love you." no matter the ailment muscle memory will help him hug you back the way he used to and his mind might not be there but your love for him will always be.

This one brought more tears to my eyes than any other one has

@andeside11

7 жыл бұрын

:)

damn Shane knows how to hit my heart strings and make me cry......

When I was a kid one of my ex’s grandfather ended with dementia and eventually thought I was his grandson and she was just my girlfriend. I spent a lot of time with him before he died the worst part was always when he would understand something was wrong and tell me about how afraid he was. I also remember the 2am phone calls asking me to call grand pop because he stole the car again.

Have you ever cried at a video cause you can't relate but you thought you did

when shane koyczan breaks your heart even more, by promising a poem about a good day... love this man.

What good a piece of my puzzle of my depression, a puzzle that seems impossible to complete, it keeps falling like my memories of my happiness in the past, fading away like a fake smile, Dissolving like a spoonful of sugar in a cup of water. My Depression is my prison that feels like it’s been forever, my joy has been at an edge of a collapsing cliffside trying to hold on the cliff that crumbles between its fingers, covers the palms in dust. My Depression is the darkness of my glowing soul which makes me feel like I’m soulless every single day, my soul has been missing for many years, I feel like an empty husk begging for a life but cannot scream for help and just continues to stare endlessly at the world I’ve been on for 18 years. My Depression is my cold, dead, and dark war that never has ended but arrives every day.

This broke my heart. omg.

His writing is amazing omg

so beautiful, thank you

Oh god this is beautiful.

wow... I am still frozen... it is amazing. congratulations! since I found you out in a Ted talk I've enjoyed every one of your poems. thanks for keep sharing your talent!

heart breaking😭😭❤

Made me cry, geez.

my grandma had really bad dementia she always thought my dad was her favorite brother

I'm not crying I swear

men its amazing one

@ChandanKumarMandal

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks man :) Glad you liked it and hope it motivated you as well...

I really miss my grandma

This reminds me of my grandma she died from dementia

Where did you get the version with music in the background? The album version I have is just him talking.

@bensharp6759

8 жыл бұрын

Probably put it in himself

This is so damn depressing- great, but depressing

What did he mean when he said "Despite your own husband, you wear your mother's wedding ring. Because it was something he asked about when he saw you without it."

@ChickenPooTheGreat

7 жыл бұрын

Brandon Alcala I'm assuming the father has dementia, so he thinks his daughter is his wife and when he saw she was wearing a different ring he must have thought she was no longer married to him. So she wears her mothers wedding ring rather than explaining over and over again that the mother passed away a few years earlier to avoid upsetting her father

@brandonalcala3402

7 жыл бұрын

ChickenPooTheGreat thanks

@ZeonTwilight

7 жыл бұрын

The father has Alzheimer's disease actually if I'm not mistaken. Though I suppose it could also be Dementia.

I love his work but i am having a hard time finding the one about his friends death. Can anyone help ?

@Stinkydinkytrashcan

7 жыл бұрын

Darkstar "my darling sarah"?

@jessbabeskiss

7 жыл бұрын

nooo its about his friend.

@jennabacon8499

7 жыл бұрын

Darkstar it's called for instance

@jessbabeskiss

7 жыл бұрын

yes thank youuuu :DDDD

this is probably the stupidest thing to comment on a video like this but does anyone know the background song?

@jooshwawalton7305

7 жыл бұрын

McKayla Brinkley no problem it's "time forgets" by Yiruma

@Kayla-ke4ni

7 жыл бұрын

Jooshwa Walton thank you so much!

@jooshwawalton7305

7 жыл бұрын

McKayla Brinkley you're very welcome. I love this song! Check out more of Yiruma's music as well! 😊

@Kayla-ke4ni

7 жыл бұрын

Jooshwa Walton I have a lot of his music on my phone. My favorite is River Flows in You. 😌

@jooshwawalton7305

7 жыл бұрын

McKayla Brinkley OMG yes i totally have to agree with you on that! its such a beautiful piece

I love this poem to death but how is it motivational? Should a poem about this topic even be motivational? It's just sad. Its beautiful, but it's really just sad. And sometimes its okay to just sit and be sad about stuff. Theres no need to make pretences towards being motivational.

@kimrobles8670

7 жыл бұрын

I agree with you it does seem just really sad. If I had to find motivation in it I'd say it's to keep loving. Hold on to any small threads you have left with family. Lying isn't always wrong. Though the situation may be complicated, even through hard times you have to bend with it to keep what small ounces of faith left in you

@Skyy27

6 жыл бұрын

Poetry isn't meant to be happy; only truthful and emotional

@fancyjosh111

5 жыл бұрын

He says it in the poem. Every stitch is as valuable as every tear. Without the sad you dont get the good. Sadness can be inspiring to some.