Andrea Gibson - Living Proof
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- Опубліковано 26 лис 2018
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Andrea Gibson, performing at Fine Line in Minneapolis, MN.
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When they said they've been told God doesn't tolerate them, I cried. He does tolerate you. I am a Christian, I am bisexual, and God loves me. And God loves you so much. He sees you, his child, and he loves you.
"Heaven is in the other direction. Please do not let gravity play god."
No offense but this needs way more views than it has
I was so low I had to look up to see rock bottom...... Amazing
Do you think Andrea knows how many people they've saved? Their count for quite literally saving my life is 3. 3 times. And there won't be any more. "The last time, and I mean the last time". I've rarely witnessed a person verbalise not just their own soul, but millions of others. I feel blessed to exist at the same time as them. And if youre reading this, and you're there right now, I'm glad you're here too
“Spending too much of your life just holding yourself together... I’ve known that since the first time I tried to die” 🤯🤯 this hit me hard 🤦🏾♀️
Just the simple phrase "I can't remember the last time someone commented on my sunny disposition..." struck a few heartstrings for me because I've been thinking about how I don't go through life with a smile on my face all the time as I used to when I was younger and it makes me sadder than I already am. Andrea always seems to cause these kinds of realizations for me.
"please don't make gravity play god" that hit me hard
In the immortal words of the Indigo Girls: "take my advice live your own life". Those who want to end it all are exactly those we desperately need more of, I think.
I dont know if there are enough ways i can say thank you for this poem.... so incredibly powerful and important and gentle and real and im never going to forget it. Ive been suicidal for years and only in the most recent year have i started to recover... in the midst of all this chaos and isolation right now, i began to slip. this poem caught me and grounded me and i dont know how to show how much this means to me.
Andrea Gibson is one of the greatest poets, if not the greatest poet around. They have such a magnificent way with words.
“The last time I tried to return myself to sender”... damn.
I have a few happy friends
4:24
I can't stop crying.
why did I watch this on my break at work? I am completely undone
This made me cry. Andrea does it EVERY time. Wow.
Last 30 seconds are absolutely beautiful imagery. "Mountain range of joy" just has a nice ring to it.
There goes my mascara, but oh my goodness this is absolutely beautiful.
“My eyes locked on him like two screeching red lights that would stop screaming stop stop stop”