Benjamin: Favorites

I think you told a lie today
about the shadow on your mind.
I think you plan to die today,
and leave these follies far behind.

I wish you would write me a song,
and ink the truth within its verse.
Happy or sad, it's fine, so long
as this does not end in a hearse.

#love #loss #death

Mar 2023 Benjamin

mental health

Mar 2023 Benjamin

viola

mental health

sometimes I wish I had cancer
then people would send me flowers, and get well soon cards.
but I am bipolar
so when I am sick
I suffer alone, ashamed
because too many times
people synonymously use my illness for crazy.

-please stop

#mental #health #bipolar #sad #broken #awareness

Mar 2023 Benjamin

A Poet's Soul Is For Everyone To See

Mar 2023 Benjamin

Kanishka

A Poet's Soul Is For Everyone To See

I didn't feel like writing today.
I was afraid I'd say the unsaid.
I dont wanna face the truth,
I dont wanna give up on us.
Why cant you come back to me,
And be the way it's supposed to be?

But alas I'm a poet. I must write.

Mar 2023 Benjamin

Pain

Mar 2023 Benjamin

Niki Gray

Pain

Pain is better than numbness,
because at least I can feel
my life not just move through it.

Thank you for taking the time to read my poetry. Also a thank you to all my family and friends that remind me to be the best me I can be. Thank you Sheela, Courtney, Christian, Favour, my daughter Sydney and my son James. Also, a big thank you to my husband Jim.

#pain #numbness #feel #life #better #move #my

Mar 2023 Benjamin

Heaven.... hell?

Mar 2023 Benjamin

zz

Heaven.... hell?

You reached for the stars
and put them in my eyes

I keep them locked
behind my eyelids

fearful

that you´ll change
your mind

#missing #you

Mar 2023 Benjamin

Depression