Victoria Morgan - How to Succeed in Heartbreak

Victoria Morgan, performing at CUPSI 2015 in Richmond, VA.

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[alexandran.]

"Go to museums and realise that other things have history too." I loved that.

[sarahh]

"Go to museums, realize other things have history too."

[Narakou]

She really went through this; and made it. I love it.

[ItsNotASara]

"I'm not broken, I'm just a little more explosive."
Yas queen. Thank you so much.

[dancerlove]

"It's remembering you were okay before!" MEGA CHILLS.

[MariellaA]

"Why apologize for loving until you burst?" Amazing.

[Foxstream]

This. This. I'm in tears. 

"You might as well tape your eyelids to your forehead because at least you can lie to yourself when you're awake"

[FernCoulson]

I love how she went from funny to serious and flitted between the two. It really made the message clear and the serious bits all too emotional. x

[haehnchenmarinade]

the line I still love the most is
"no one succeeds in heartbreak".
It is such a simple line, compared to the other wonderful metaphors and wordplays she uses in this poem, but I feel like that line is the..turning point.
She lists off all these things you could do, how to succeed and in the end it's just that.
It's a miserable feelings, but everybody goes through it, everybody loses. And there's no succeeding a loss.
Thank you for this wonderful poem. As someone who just went through a breakup, it first made me feel sad, then a little gigglish and lastly powerful.
I'm not okay, and that is okay. Because everyone is a little not-okay once in a while.

[montsedewargaytan]

"Write. Write until you use every metaphor in your life whether you start using the same one over and over because there are just so many ways to describe being destroyed"

[brendapooh]

Just ended a nine year relationship because he got someone pregnant, the baby was born a few days ago. I’ve never been so broken. This poem is more than entertainment. It’s motivation, it’s courage, it’s reality. Thank you for giving me strength when I need it the most.

[jordanmccall]

"Because there are things you never got to say and you don't have to swallow them ."
Oh my god so amazing

[danielleward]

"There are only so many ways to describe being destroyed."

God, this hit me so hard.

[majova]

"Kiss... as many people as you need to take the stamp of his lips out of your brain"

[asseater]

This poem is exactly what I needed. I will not apologize for loving till I burst

[DianouilleFripouille]

I don't know if you'll ever read this comment Victoria, but thank you, thank you so much, I needed this poem so badly and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

[haleybean]

"Use his name, the one that still hurts to say, and use it as a war cry... Then actually cry"

[louiguban]

to yourself, talk to yourself in the mirror,
on public transportation, in the middle of the fountain at the mall!"
"HAHAHAHA LMAO THAT'S CRAZY FUNNY"
there are things you never got to say
And you don’t have to swallow them."

[jasmine-cnlq]

i come back to this poem every couple of years whenever i’m heartbroken. i’m back.

[alb]

Every single quote from this poem is gold and I will probably never forget this