"Just because I cannot commit the act of small talk does not mean I do not have huge things to say"

@acesquare30

8 жыл бұрын

Yes omg! Someone gets it. Someone finally put it into words and I wish more people understood that

@NinjaBunni13

7 жыл бұрын

Emily Claire That part melted on me.

@austinbouley4242

6 жыл бұрын

100% agree!

@roniboni___

6 жыл бұрын

Emily Claire yes, accurate as fuck

@feminist_zp1585

6 жыл бұрын

Emily Claire so true 🙈

"I love you more than tumblr" that's some serious stuff there

@peopoleful

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly what i thought

@ewstap9040

7 жыл бұрын

The Soft Glow of Brightly Burning Hope ikr

@MsNaj15

6 жыл бұрын

Word that is deep!

"I love you more than quiet trips to the library" will probably be the most romantic thing I will ever hear in my life.

@Teddy_De_Melo

5 жыл бұрын

Netania R that along with ‘I love you more than tumblr’

HE PUT IT INTO WORDS 😭

@jacobgreenland2487

8 жыл бұрын

+Mar'Che LeAnn AND HE PUT ME IN TEARS BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST THING I CAN SEND TO MY GIRLFRIEND TO HELP HER UNDERSTAND AHHH Hang in there man introverts will take over one day

@marcheleann

8 жыл бұрын

Jacob Greenland THAT'S SO AWESOME ! I'M HAPPY FOR YOU AND YES WE WILL

@selenaschmidt5651

8 жыл бұрын

HE IS OUR GOD NOW. HE HAS SPOKEN THE TRUTH. BLESS THUS MAN AND HIS WORDS.

@dustyemo1874

6 жыл бұрын

👌👏

@patootiekara1596

5 жыл бұрын

I'm like *Finally!*

"I love you more than quiet trips to library."

@mikeepoetry9600

8 жыл бұрын

"I love you more than Tumblr" Damn, that's when you'll realize that you are inlove 😂

@surayyahmuhammad1767

6 жыл бұрын

I wish I could love someone that much

@ximenakelley

6 жыл бұрын

Aaaah I thought he said Kawaii trips to the library. I get it now :)

Some people don't understand that I enjoy spending long hours in my room reading, writing, and thinking without feeling a need for interaction. I needed this poem so much.

@annacash6674

8 жыл бұрын

YES! My mom text me saying her boyfriend think I don't like him anymore. I do like him, but I want to stay in my room and rather not eat with them. I eat at different time than them. I just want to be alone when I get home.

@sxx9275

8 жыл бұрын

YEs oh my god

@tater4442

7 жыл бұрын

Anna Driver I hate force family functions,

@chevelle921

6 жыл бұрын

Taylor Hall THANK YOU!

@austinbouley4242

6 жыл бұрын

100% agree

"Just because I do not wear my heart on my sleeve for everyone to see does not mean that it beats any softer than yours"

just the way he says "baby" and "I love you"

@k4ze7

8 жыл бұрын

oooh gurl, u got yellow fever!

@HeyTeyKay

8 жыл бұрын

Nah I just find his voice attractive

@nadaroshdy485

8 жыл бұрын

+Princess T girl same.

@princessfly11

7 жыл бұрын

Girl I started fanning myself. You know, mentally.lol

@skl8352

7 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAAHAHAAHA!!!!

1. We introverts are not always the best at breaking the ice, so in order to get the ball rolling, we often have to resort to tactics that may seem obscure to your average extrovert. This may include subtle clearings of the throat, gentle hand gesturing, and numbers placed carefully into routine conversations where they normally do not belong. 2. You may be asking yourself “How can I be sure that I’m speaking to an actual introvert and not someone simply masquerading as one”, well, here are a few tell-tale signs. If the person wraps their arms around your shoulder as they’re introducing themselves to you for the first time: Probably not an introvert. If the person uses the words “unwind” and “nightclub” In the same sentence: Probably not an introvert. If the person attempts to engange in any conversation whatsoever about the weather and they are not from Minnesota: Probably not an introvert. 3. To set the record straight, I do not hate people. But I do get pretty damn tired of them sometimes. Just pretend for a second that my desire to socialise could be equated to my desire to exercise. This means that a quick jog around the block would be a lot like catching a cup of coffee with a friend, bar-hopping with buddies would be like finishing a 6-minute mile, and my senior prom was a little bit like running the iron-man in the middle of August. Now you see, I don’t hate talking to people any more than they hate a little bit of exercise but you wouldn’t challenge an Olympian to a marathon after he just finished a race. Understand that when I tell you I can’t hang out tonight, I just came back from a poetry jam, maybe it’s not because I hate you, maybe it’s because I’m tired. 4. There will be many times when you will be uncomfortable in my silence, unsure of how I am feeling. Understand, that just because I do not wear my heart on my sleeve for everyone to see does not mean that it beats any softer than yours. Do not confuse the stillness of the lips with the rhythm of apathy. Do not confuse the sound of words rattling off, 80 beats per minute, with the music of an actual conversation. Just because I cannot commit the act of small talk does not mean I don’t have huge things to say. Just because I find peace within myself does not mean I could ever stop wanting to love so hard, because 5. We introverts are not always the best at breaking the ice, so we often have to resort to tactics that may seem obscure to your average extrovert this may include subtle clearings of the throat, gentle hand gesturing, and writing an entire poem just to say 6. I love you more than quiet trips to the library. I love you more than cancelling Friday night plans. Baby, Baby, I love you more than Tumblr. But when the world is shouting far too loudly for us to hear our own voices, and when these words cling far too tightly to my own chest. I just want you to know that I love you, I love you, I love you.

@ainDhirah

6 жыл бұрын

Andrea Hood

@username9325

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much! For typing the entire thing

@operatorbugman3031

4 жыл бұрын

thank you, I can't stand hearing it

@barnabybarnips2710

4 жыл бұрын

thx

@ayanahmed2346

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this kind act of yours, I really really appreciate it. Thank you for spending all your time to help us out,

"I love you more than quiet trips to the library"❤️

"just beacuse I dont wear my heart on my sleeve does not mean it beats any softer than yours" -- we're really not that different... "do not confuse the stillness of lips with the rythm of apathy" ---- If only people just understood that. "Its not because I hate you maybe... its just because Im tired" ---- I dont hate you!!! "I love you more than quite trips to the library" ---True love....they should make a hallmark card from this "I love you more than canceling friday night plans.." ---and when I thought things couldnt get any better....I would write this in a love letter to my boyfriend but then again he probably wouldnt get it... funny how that little sentence could mean so much yet it could potentialy leave me single... hahahaha.... Ever have such a crappy day you just wished you were an extrovert, you just wished you could change.... this funny yet heartfelt poem really hit home.

@bmbandit

9 жыл бұрын

midnightpoem I particularly liked the "Do not confuse the stillness of lips with the rhythm of apath" line. I have known many people who literally just cannot stand silence. They would literally just make noises and hum and when asked why they would say that they hate "awkward silences." I never understood why silence was awkward. Also I think most introverts have at least one day where they wish they were an extrovert. Forcing small talk can be more exhausting than a trip to the gym.

@austinbouley4242

6 жыл бұрын

I relate to everything you just said and this poem!

@gluttonyhoarder2940

4 жыл бұрын

@@bmbandit I get you if I'm with my family and just stay silent they would get mad at me because of that....I really wanna know why they hate "silence" and just loves to keep talking or make really loud noises when i'm reading or watching...lastly when i force myself to talk to them they won't answer me or bother talking to me so I prefer being alone most of the time :'(

That exercising metaphor was amazing. It's really exhausting to socialize sometimes.

"I love you more than quiet trips to the library" *faint*

"I love you more than cancelling friday night plans" If I ever find someone like that...

@natrlgrl

7 жыл бұрын

That's the line right there

"I love you more than cancelling Friday plans? "Has to be the MOST romantic thing I have ever heard

One of the most heartfelt things an introvert can say: "I love you more than Tumblr."

"I love you more than quiet trips to the library." Now as introverts, we know that's a whole LOT of damn love!!!

Shit, he said "I love you more than tumblr". This boy has found The One.

As an extrovert with social anxiety: try running that marathon all day almost every day. I unwind and recharge with social activity, but I'm so afraid of how people see me that I isolate myself. It's a horrible combination.

@polin1710

5 жыл бұрын

Me too but I feel like 2 different people.

@PeachPlastic

4 жыл бұрын

Damn. That's a deep cut.

i literally screamed throughout the entire thing. he said everything ive ever wanted to say to someone

My heart started racing at "I love you more than Tumblr"

Definitely relating to the part on comparing social interaction with exercise, because for me interacting with other people is just so TIRING! After coming back from the mall yesterday, all I wanted to do was hide out in my room with some snacks =)

See and this is what my friends, and well everyone, doesn't get. I don't hate people, I just annoyed by too many of them for too long. I don't do crowds because people make me uncomfortable, I get grumpy at school because I'm tired from caring so much about what I'm saying and how people will take it, I don't make many friends because I'm bad at starting conversations, literally the list could go on for ages. Anyways, my point is that this poem finally makes me feel like someone gets me, and that's something I don't get to feel a lot. This poem will always be special to me. Always.

This was really cute and emotional and true. I love how he came full-circle back to conversation tactics all just to admit his feelings. It was very honest and beautiful.

I watched this when it was first uploaded. It's now 2018, and man, it's still the story of my life. I feel so understood. I love being an introvert.

oh my goodness this was absolutely adorable

I feel this so hard. INFJ.

@NostalgicxRune

10 жыл бұрын

Alanna H Aw yeah! Me too! (^-^)

@liabw05

10 жыл бұрын

I'm an infj too. Totally get this!

@rcollins22

10 жыл бұрын

I'm an INFP. This is so true!

@Higth115

10 жыл бұрын

rose orquiza Hey I'm INFP nice to meet you! Lets make plans and blow each other off because we would rather be thinking about some impossible dream in our head! Peace man!

@rcollins22

10 жыл бұрын

Higth115 yesssssss lol

"I love you more than quiet trips to the library, I love you more than canceling Friday night plans". If some one said this to me i would melt in a heartbeat

It's crazy that someone you don't know and probably will never meet can speak directly to your soul 🙌

Is there more from this guy? I loved this!

@ButtonPoetry

10 жыл бұрын

Yes :) Kevin Yang - "Srirachapocalypse" (CUPSI 2014)

Socializing is like exercising is so true. Everyone thinks I love to socialize all the time but I don't. Every time someone spends an entire day with me they end up thinking I'm in a bad mood. I'm not. I am just done talking for the day. I lost count how many times people have said, "What's wrong? You're not saying much today. Its not like you." My friends believe I always have something to say because they only spend a few hours in a day with me. However, I love that one line *SPOILER* "I love you like quiet walks to the library." (+)

"Just because I can't commit the act of small talk does not mean I do not have huge things to say. " all the time

Finally, we have a voice! We are not apathetic or shy or cold. We love and feel and speak. We don't hate to spend time with people; we just get worn out if we don't have a break to be alone. Don't pass us by just because we don't make the first approach.

YESSSS!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!! *sighs* you have NO IDEA how many times I try to explain myself to other people when they ask me "Why don't you ever go out?" or "Why aren't you talking to me?" or "Do you even freaking like me?" and I'm like DUDE!!!!!! Don't you get that the fact that I, who NEVER does anything or speaks to people, have spent the ENTIRE day with you and am STILL willing to interrupt the writing/reading of my Friday night fanfic to talk to you on the phone should speak VOLUMES!!!!! about how much I like you?!??!?!

@thuhang11

6 жыл бұрын

Jay Black hey I wanna ask for advice, what if he doesn’t want to talk to me on the phone? O_O

"Just because I do not wear my heart on my sleeve for everyone to see does not mean that it beats any softer than yours." I loved that so much. Wow.

"Baby, I love you more than tumblr." MARRY HIM!!

Perfectly accurate in every way.

When going to poetry club is the highlight of my week

This continues to be one of my absolute favorite poems. I have sent it to people just to explain why it is that I don't want to go out with people every night.

5 years later and I still get chills everytime

I know this is weird, but I'm genuinely a little emotional watching this. I relate to it so much, and I feel less alone knowing someone else thinks like me

I love it when he said the last "I love you"😍😍 if I can get someone who is as passionate like that, and says it like that. . . I'll be set😌

!! "Just because I cannot commit the act of small talk does not mean I have huge things to say"

I liked the reference to Minnesota (or as we like to call it, "Minnesnowta")

Watching this just after canceling friday night plans. Marvelous!

He had me at "I love you more than Tumblr"

His voice is so sublime

I've listened to this so many times he's one of my favorites!

"just because i do not wear my heart on my sleeve for everyone to see does not mean it beats any softer than yours" I FEEL IT

I watched this a few years back and found it again and I love this.

Aahhh! Didn't expect this to make me cry! Expressive and amazing!

I am pretty sure that most people who know me would say I am an extrovet. But that comperison of being around people and doing exercise fits me so well. Yes, I talk much, but only because I am afraid of your questions. Yes, I talk loud and tell so many details about me to everyone. Bit only because the stories are picked by me and when you put yourself out there, show "everything" on the big stage nobody will ask for a look backstage. And yes, this is faking my charakter and many people realize after a while that I am somehow not honest with them, but I don't know how to stop. And sometimes there are moments when I can not play anylonger. Every actrice needs sometimes a break. And then I have no excuse, that I am acting totally diffrent and strange because somewhere inside of me I am really, really fucking afraid of people

@iamcass285

7 жыл бұрын

Alicja Picz I think you need to be doing spoken word.

@iamcass285

7 жыл бұрын

Alicja Picz I think you need to be doing spoken word.

@MsEnigmabk

7 жыл бұрын

That was beautiful and very relatable. I will definitely be coming back to this comment from time to time to read it when needed. Thanks for sharing your art.

@teabrzak8183

5 жыл бұрын

You aren't alone

Wow, i really like this guy. I need more of him.

"I love you more than Tumblr" Wow, you must fucking adore them with all your heart

So beautiful... The ending was the most amazing i've heard in awhile...

LITERALLY gave me chills, this was amazing!!!!

This one is so amazing. It's my favourite one on the whole channel!

This poem really resonates with me. Oh and I love his voice.

Beautiful voice, beautiful words

I see this guy every other week and write with him, hes great(:

I remember when this poem was first put on KZread, and it meant something to me then. It mean something to me now. It’s a wonderful description of how I feel with friends and other loved ones.

This is beyond amazing. I starting crying when he mentioned quite trips to the library. I would love to find someone to do that with.

he's screaming it to me in his silence. I can feel it. ❤

This was absolutly beautiful !!! I know the feeling of getting tired of people or socializing and just want to be alone for a while I thought it was just me...

I love this so much! Thank you

"I love you more than tumblr," SOLD.

Just found this in a Playlist I made in middle school and I still love it

"I love you more than tumblr" I HAVE NEVER RELATED TO ANYTHING MORE

@Rachel-sw2pw

9 жыл бұрын

I was already in love with his words and then he said that and all I could think was BLESS THIS MAN

I could replay this poem all day

Mr. Kevin Yang, if you're reading this, I hope you are... This is really nice... Nicely written and nicely spoken... Thank You. I am not an introvert myself, but since I am an ambivert, I think I know this a bit as well. This was really good. Hope to listen, read more. And, specially that 4th paragraph is something bi found just so good... 😊

I just lost it all at number 6 TT_TT woaaaaaaaaah so in point ! keep it up !!

This was so SWEET!!!

i loved EVERYSECOND OF THIS WOW.

"Just because I cannot commit the act of small talk does not mean I don't have huge things to say" YES. I love this.

This describes me soo well; thanks for sharing !x

This is most defiantly my favorite poem.

This made me smile so much!!!!!

this was honestly so good and made my day

Beautifully composed!

I love this guy's voice

wow this actually made me cry, it's so honest and so true and it's just like me

beautiful my friend..love and light, and you got this poem right, :)

this is both amazing and true

Whoa, this gave me goosebumps.

Love love love. I feel this sooooo much.

@ramlamohamed8899

8 жыл бұрын

after 2:46 my heart melted

That was so cute...and explained a few things. Nice job

Thank you. From and extrovert who is dating an introvert, thank you for this.

i feel so connected to this

Somehow I keep coming back to this poem

This is so on point OMG.

"There will be many times when you will be uncomfortable in my silence, unsure of how I am feeling. Understand that just because I do not wear my heart on my sleeve for everyone to see does not mean that it beats any softer than yours. Do not confuse the stillness of lips with the rhythm of apathy. Do not confuse the sound of words rattling off eighty beats per minute with the music of an actual conversation. Just because I cannot commit the act of small talk does not mean I don't have huge things to say! Just because I find peace within myself does not mean that I could ever stop wanting to love so hard".

Love this, first poem I've seen about being an introvert cause to be honest I have no friends rn but ppl do come to talk to me from time to time and when they do they always say "oh you seem so much nicer then what I thought" or "you always look like you wanna leave" it's tuff

This poem perfectly describes who I am. Love it!

this hit me deeply. exactly how I feel.

Can relate so much; great job

Minnesotans DO talk about the weather a lot. (I would know, I live in MN. PS- Don't move here, it's boring.)

@yeahitsmesofkinwhat

8 жыл бұрын

+Great White Sharki It's great, for an introvert.

Wow ! That was amazing ! Great job!

beautiful :) and very relatable too!

beautiful.

Woooooww. I am speechless. Just... wow.