Benjamin: Poems

Dec 2023 · 530

Saskia

Benjamin Dec 2023

Saskia

The cutest face,
big blueish eyes,
Soft reddish hair,
Angel in disguise.

Best sense of humour,
The widest of smiles,
Most loving personality,
Voice heard for miles.

My single savior,
From going insane,
Keeps me alive,
Keeps me in lane.

My life isn't perfect,
But with her it feels such,
She is my baby,
I love her so much

My greatest achievement

#children #love #family

Nov 2023 · 525

To my dear friend

Benjamin Nov 2023

To my dear friend

Ashes on the shelf,
And words left unsaid,
Memories in my heart,
Thoughts inside my head,
To my best friend,
Best man and family,
All that's been left,
Are thoughts inside of me.

Ashes on the shelf,
Remnants of the man,
A box containing,
The universe you span,
You found the peace you wanted,
But the gaping hole you left,
Left the whole world wanting,
And your best friend bereft.

In memoriam to my best friend

#grief #loss #friends #love #memory

Aug 2020 · 243

Struggle

Benjamin Aug 2020

Struggle

Like Sisyphus,
And Atlas himself,
We endure and we struggle,
To maintain our health,
The weight of the world,
An impossible task,
A moment of respite,
Is all we could ask,
Our life is no myth,
No legend of old,
But our story is real,
A tale to be told.

#struggle #mental #health #myth #legend #story

Aug 2020 · 624

Glue

Benjamin Aug 2020

Glue

I am less than the sum of my parts,
I am glue,
Holding things together is what I do,
Always in the background I stay unseen,
Always in the places inbetween.

I am less than the sum of my parts,
I am glue,
Without me there wouldn't be any you,
Always in the dark but staying strong,
Always, I've been there all along

Sometimes I'm an introvert, sometimes an extrovert, but when I'm an introvert I can feel part of the wallpaper rather then a focus, which is admittedly a very good thing most of the time, but sometimes just someone's presence shapes a situation, introverts are the glue that can hold things together.

#glue #always #introvert #background

Aug 2020 · 419

Differences

Benjamin Aug 2020

Differences

Differences are beautiful,
They make us all unique,
Without differences between us,
There'd be no reason to speak,
The cultures that divide us,
Are the same ones that unite,
The people that helped make us,
Are the reason that we fight

A short poem on why differences are what the make the world go round.

#unite #unique #differences

Aug 2020 · 215

Struggle.

Benjamin Aug 2020

Struggle.

Like Sisyphus,
And Atlas himself,
We endure and we struggle,
To maintain our health,
The weight of the world,
An impossible task,
A moment of respite,
Is all we could ask.

A short poem about the constant uphill battle we all fight everyday to do with our mental health, like sisyphus and atlas we can't give up, doesn't mean a moment of weakness is bad or that asking for help is a sign of weakness, if we all joined forces and pushed the boulder up the hill together, or held the world together on our shoulders as a union of people, life would be a lot easier.

#struggle #persevere #health #mental

Aug 2020 · 207

Unencumbered

Benjamin Aug 2020

Unencumbered

The crunch of bones,
The smell of blood,
The aching whisper,
Of pain to flood,
My brain complete,
Neurons explode,
The anger rising,
Through veins it flowed.

A lifetime away,
Maybe the next,
I'll have what others,
So easily fetched,
But till that day,
My time is numbered
I'll travel this life,
Unencumbered

A poem I wrote to vent some feelings of anger.

#pensive #freedom #reminiscent

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