benjamin-aptaker
American
My name is Ben and I write because I have to. / / Writing seems to be the biggest part of who I am, and I have written somewhere around 800 poems now. / / I write from the heart, attempting to inspire or leave an impact on anyone. / / I typically write from personal experiences and try to express them as beautifully as possible, never watering down my emotions or feelings. / / I love writing from concepts, dreams, feelings, ideas, inspiration comes from anything and anytime. / / My purpose here is simply to be read. I want what I write to be seen and absorbed.
I'm on the other side of myself looking through the glass
that divides my heart from my mind,
and the sky passes over in time lapse fashion.
The stars rotate as they should,
but I'm standing still even now,
despite the chaos around me.
Motion is endless and time is a menace,
or an angel for some.
My hopes rise and fall like empires through ages
while my sight falls and rests on the inevitable
The division is clear
The result is predicted
Just a matter of time
Just a short while still
So vivid is this image of futures I create
but my delusions no longer plague me in this physical state
Escape...
into the transition
beyond evolution
coasting past civilizations we never imagined
and the void will find you
to reclaim the emptiness that's thriving inside you
Mar 14, 2012
Mar 14, 2012 at 8:13 PM UTC
I'm on the other side of myself looking through the glass
that divides my heart from my mind,
and the sky passes over in time lapse fashion.
The stars rotate as they should,
but I'm standing still even now,
despite the chaos around me.
Motion is endless and time is a menace,
or an angel for some.
My hopes rise and fall like empires through ages
while my sight falls and rests on the inevitable
The division is clear
The result is predicted
Just a matter of time
Just a short while still
So vivid is this image of futures I create
but my delusions no longer plague me in this physical state
Escape...
into the transition
beyond evolution
coasting past civilizations we never imagined
and the void will find you
to reclaim the emptiness that's thriving inside you
Mar 14, 2012
Mar 14, 2012 at 8:13 PM UTC
It's bright
but it's cold
and the wind makes it even more so
and the clouds
and the shadows
that they cast upon the ground
are flowing
streaming on their paths
and the hardest part is knowing
you're alone
and so am I
Sometimes you feel like home,
so don't ever
don't you ever cry
on my behalf until I've passed
Mar 4, 2012
Mar 4, 2012 at 4:37 PM UTC
Obtain permanence
as ages subside
scaling the climate
between summer and ice
the end is approaching
but just from the west
we tried to avoid it
we gave it our best
Light seeps in and void seeks its rest
into the solace of full emptiness
Finality peaks over the highest hopes
and falls down the dark side of slopes
Mar 1, 2012
Mar 1, 2012 at 9:14 PM UTC
Awaken to a dream world built to seal you in
feel the atoms, digitized, flickering around you
feel the virus spreading rapid, overwhelming static
This dream is brilliant, ever still, lucidly evolving
into unknown tangents of gravel paths
or streets fresh-paved by alchemy
Is the sun above, or the stars below?
Directionless we wait
for creation to reveal itself
we wait until that day
Feb 27, 2012
Feb 27, 2012 at 7:44 PM UTC
Tormenting distance always a shadow
this separated feeling from reality and you
Tonight I put my life on repeat for the millionth time
and sit here dreaming without ever closing my eyes
In these visions, I see red burning sunsets
that never descend below horizon's edge
I see clusters of stars raining galaxy hail
vast nebula clouds, our oceans to sail
Feb 24, 2012
Feb 24, 2012 at 8:24 PM UTC
When convenience meets its limits
and cell phones become robots
and alternate realities
are simply sources of entertainment
Take away the lightning
take away the lighting
digital worlds will crumble
inside dying currents
back to reality
back to the stone ages
the dawn of the human race
animals, and dust, our nature
Let's see how civilized we'll be
Feb 23, 2012
Feb 23, 2012 at 10:56 PM UTC
Like the taste of complete indifference
like the thought of knowing
such bitterness awakens
unrecognizable reflections
Consuming from within
a black hole beneath the skin
my body is a galaxy
beautifully self-destructing
Time heals no longer
only masks the bleeding body
only hides the leaking chaos
behind serene scenes of sunsets
painted by the numbness
Feb 23, 2012
Feb 23, 2012 at 10:47 PM UTC
Behind the colors
vivid
such beautiful gateways
lucid
dreams await
and the mystery
is great
and we strive to uncover
the reality
of what's beyond them
Your eyes,
they hide
worlds and wishes
and behind them
concepts wait
and inside them
all your faith
is concealed
Feb 23, 2012
Feb 23, 2012 at 10:46 PM UTC
Forever in motion, though stillness it seeks
always indifferent, but emotion it bleeds
A final cut through the shield, through the shell, through the skin
Time comes to a halt, and thus forever begins
Galaxies burst open, while stars tear apart,
while moons split and crumble, still Earth plays its part
From the wound, dripping comet trails and meteor streaks
scattering pieces of eternity's being
Feb 20, 2012
Feb 20, 2012 at 5:09 PM UTC