This poem is hilarious in the beginning. Shane Koyczan showed his "raw" side with making me think about things that I never wanted to think about in terms of my parents. I also love the random fact in the beginning about the WWII and the British Museum. I enjoy the line "there was no one there to tell you 'this is gonna to hurt' and it did and does, but it was and will always be a fond memory for your parents." I like that he included the past, present, and future with this line it made me relate to him immediately, he was able to say this isn't just a one in awhile hurt this is life and it's going to hurt sometimes. When he discusses that he can't have children I felt pain for him, especially when he states "it forces me to think of my life in a very final way, that I will not continue after I'm gone." It made me sad to think someone as remarkable as Shane Koyczan can't pass on his genetics. It opens my heart and mind to men and how they want so badly to have children and how sometimes adoption doesn't cut it, to think that after that person their family branch ends. I love that this poem was more upbeat and comedic. In the end I was left jarred when he states "that's the kind of story you tell your kids" it was immediately after a hilarious story, I was chuckling and when he brings that back I was immediately brought back down the emotional roller coaster. The message of this poem was a reminder that you should always live each day trying allowing the kid in me to say yes and to always give love a chance by shutting up and saying something.
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