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4.1k · Nov 2018
Untitled
Ben Nov 2018
Your smirk is like the sunrise.
Your frown is like the sunset.
Your smile, the mid day sun shining amazingly.
Your face is the beauty behind everything lovely.
1.5k · Jan 2022
White Noise (01/19/22)
Ben Jan 2022
Surrounded by noise I am so used to

Enjoying the background as I pass through

Losing my sense of truth

All I really want to hear is you.
It's a poem of security. Living a life where you are surrounded by people but you only want to hear one voice. A voice that is truth to you, a love that stands out.
1.1k · Aug 2022
Again. (08/05/22)
Ben Aug 2022
"Here we go again"
The words that hurt the most
Because we both knew what you were referring to
Words that hurt more than "I don't love you"
Words that caused a strum to become
A guitar with broken strings

Strings replaced
But the tune was not the same
1.1k · Oct 2021
Random (10/29/21)
Ben Oct 2021
My voice became constantly muffled
Whirring to your ears
Becoming inaudible

After abruptly making a heartbreaking statement

I had already started to fade the more I spoke
To make things straight
The imagery is about a breakup trying to find closure but the other side of the relationship is already beginning to forget you.
990 · Apr 2021
Waste of Time
Ben Apr 2021
Every second passing by
I die
trying to understand life
Not everything needs an answer.
758 · Jul 2023
Afraid (10/18/22)
Ben Jul 2023
I love you

But I'm afraid I love you too

Don't want to tempt you with a minor truth

I'm sorry for loving you.
A love for one, became for many and every woman.... i loved; i didn't lie about it.
740 · Mar 2018
Vanity. Oh, Vanity.
Ben Mar 2018
Your vanity compliments mine
Your vanity complements mine
Vanity
Oh, Vanity
I am love with your design
Being full of myself is more pleasing than being with someone sometimes, but vanity leads to nothing.
675 · Sep 2021
Beat it (09/04/21)
Ben Sep 2021
The scythe is never dry
Fight!
To stay alive...

Cheat death of its vice
This poem is based off the idea of fighting depression and any ideas of death taking over your mind. Finding the good in life and to remember to breathe. Death and depression will always be there, but you are strong enough to fight it and succeed.

For more context, the image of a scythe never being dry is because death/depression are always around.
549 · May 2018
I miss the feeling
Ben May 2018
Of having someone so close
And feeling their skin
Of having another being tell me that they love me
and it being genuine
Of feeling someone else's vibrant sense of living
and not being ******
I miss being in love with somebody
But I'm all right being me
Enjoying the people life brings
546 · Oct 2018
Bland Normality
Ben Oct 2018
Plain old
Flavorless
Feel.
Every bite just fills.
While the taste doesn't fade away
I start the taste the tasteless
Dead
Feel.
Made it up. Don't think it makes sense, just typed it up as it went.
522 · Apr 2018
Tiempo Contigo
Ben Apr 2018
Tu alumbras las noches oscuras
Mi corazón comienza palpitar
Y el sentido es eufórico
Toma mas tiempo conmigo
Quiero mas tiempo contigo
Estoy practicando escribiendo mis poesías en Español. Espero que les gusten.
513 · Sep 2019
Separately Together
Ben Sep 2019
You're the poetry that became reality.

---------

You make my sensories wild.
Couldn't think of a name, perhaps you can help me out. It's been a minute since I've written and I love them both separately yet together. Made them within 3 hours of each other!
494 · Mar 2018
(2/28/18)
Ben Mar 2018
Maybe one day
I'll see your face
For the rest of my days
See it wither
Every wrinkle, every line on your face
Representing the decades of love we had and continue to make
Until death takes us away
May our love remain
This is a poem in hopes of one day meeting someone that would enjoy me as much as I'd love to enjoy them. Just loving each other until death take us away.
471 · Mar 2018
Evil Desire
Ben Mar 2018
Binge drinking my own facade
Thinking I have gotten far
Vanity is my bud
I have rolled the blunt
Smoked and inhaled
I see thick smoke
And my life starting to vanish
I sit and see life pass me by
While enjoying the lies
Pride leads to nothing but facade and lies.get over yourself... You need God and people in your life!
461 · Aug 2018
As the wind blows
Ben Aug 2018
As the wind blows
And the trees become woodwinds
Playing a wonderful tune
My eyes experience the beauty
Of what nature is
While my mind fails to attain it
And my mouth cannot express
In the end, it's better to get my own taste and experience the aesthetic
441 · Jan 2018
(11/13/17)
Ben Jan 2018
My heart pounds before seeing you
But once we've met up...
My body has reached its subtle calming peak
The melatonin is released
429 · Jan 2018
Sweet Speech
Ben Jan 2018
These words may have been used
Several times in different
Songs
In many tones
And
Poems
But never from my own unique soul
And so I say these three little words
I love you
Learning to love people
420 · Feb 2019
The Poet
Ben Feb 2019
The Poet is at a loss
For words that cannot describe
What had begun
And had no end
Until he found his friends...
Dead to him.
He then became numb, again.
Had to express what I thought I feel, but my body hasn't expressed it yet.
410 · Apr 2018
It's not you, its me
Ben Apr 2018
I'm sick of all lies
I've heard it all my life!
Just tell me who you like
Tell me the truth for what it is
I hate hidden things
I wish it'd be clear
If I was never "him"
Just some thoughts, I know my worth,but not knowing things from the people you love... hurts.
409 · May 2018
Stagnant, Idle
Ben May 2018
I'm tired of this ****
Seeing screens in all aspects of my life
Wanting internal seductions to be satisfied
Lust is killing me from the inside
God, help me from my own mind
I don't want my mind to be between my own thighs
I want to be liberated from this tie
402 · Jan 2018
The Sunrises, The Sunsets
Ben Jan 2018
When the sun would go down
Your smile brought it back up

When the sun would go down
Even a smirk made it worthwhile

When the sun would go down
And the night came about
Your face in the midst of all adversities
Shone like stars
The poem is about being with a person in all moments of life: the good, the bad and the in between.
402 · Aug 2018
She is nameless.
Ben Aug 2018
I have not found her yet.
Her character is in many of the ones I've met.
I feel her close, as if she were real.
I miss the electric beauty between fingertips and kiss.
I'm still in search of she that will bring bliss.
395 · Feb 2020
Ignored
Ben Feb 2020
Pushed to the side.
Faded into a lifeless mist.
Presence is gone.
Do I even exist?
It really ***** being ignored while being in the presence of a conversation.
Ben Aug 2019
Sweet
Sweet
Ivory between your lips
Brings joy
To my cloudy day
It;s about a girl's smile
374 · Apr 2018
Doubt
Ben Apr 2018
Doubt
It's
Deep

Faith
Takes
A
Leap

Better is the excitement before failure or completion
Than
Living in the depth of deceit
You won't get far with doubt. Risk your life for things and embrace the unexpected, it's possible to learn from the experience. Just don't do anything stupid lol.
360 · Apr 2019
Struggling to Forget
Ben Apr 2019
You are my safe haven
And I hate it
The person I began to love is no longer who I want to be with.
360 · Jan 2019
B&W
Ben Jan 2019
B&W
Black and White is my life
In search of hue or gray
To make some kind of change.

When I see a difference
I begin the chase
To pursue the sight I like.

In the end,
I become more color blind
351 · Jul 2020
Solace
Ben Jul 2020
Lost in thought
Mind is gone
In search of solace
By breathing in
And moving on
Couldn't put a definite description, but it's about sometimes spacing out and thinking too much of the past that you can forget to just breathe. Sometimes finding solace is breathing in and moving on.
338 · Aug 2022
Never Ending (04/27/21)
Ben Aug 2022
My life is a never ending dream

And reality keeps me awake
337 · Mar 2019
Untitled
Ben Mar 2019
Roses can only last so long
They bloom and grow
Lure with such a vibrant red
Sometimes a shade explained by its own name
So unique with beauty
Pleasing in aroma and seductive to the eye
Yet, in its efforts
Its only life is for Valentine's
People sometimes want the good of you and then let you wither. Sometimes you just need to step back and be alone. It is not the best feeling when no one seeks to be with you alone. Being sought is amazing.
333 · Apr 2019
Untitled (4/19/19)
Ben Apr 2019
You may not remember
But I do
The night you said
"I kind of miss you."
Memories I had of the girl I recently confessed my feelings to.
321 · Mar 2019
Spring 2019
Ben Mar 2019
Wonderful sun-kissed skin
Blissful rushing winds
Birds chirping hymns
'Tis a beautiful spring!
Happy.
313 · Jan 2018
Lingering
Ben Jan 2018
Tasting the sweet taste of every bitter tear
That’s swallowed up by my drowning heart
As it gasps for air
I drown it
In despair
Trying to shut out and numb its pain
I’d rather do it alone than ask for help
But my heart fights to live again
Asking to live again
Fighting to feel some pain
And FEEL again…
I was overwhelmed at the time and didn't want to cry. So, I suppressed my feelings. Then, I prayed. Felt relieved, because I was reminded that I do have feelings. Hiding them won't solve anything...
312 · Apr 2018
Time With You
Ben Apr 2018
You light up my dark nights
My heart begins to beat
And the feeling is euphoric
Spend more time with me
I want more time with you
312 · Jan 2018
Strum
Ben Jan 2018
Your vocal cords
Please my body
As I hear the different tones...

Hearing you is so soothing
My heart is filled with bottled expressions
But once enlightened, feel amazing!

Your voice is just so...
Beautiful.
309 · Jan 2018
Your hands on me
Ben Jan 2018
Your soft touch
And cool hands
Send chills throughout my skin
And spark up the feeling I love
While making me want you more
Thoughts of one day finding the touch that creates a spark between us.
307 · Mar 2018
Rose
Ben Mar 2018
Beautiful is the bloom of the saccharine rose
Though it seems alone
It's learning how to grow
Its vibrant red shows the love
It wishes for others to know
Because it doesn't want to be known as the lonely rose
In the bush
Beautiful is the bloom of the saccharine rose
307 · Jul 2018
Freedom.
Ben Jul 2018
Freedom.
Its smell is great
As I inhale it smoothly.
It's next to You
That I am soothed
Being with You I have found my peace.
Been a while since I've written something
301 · Nov 2018
Fingerprints
Ben Nov 2018
There's such an elation
From your fingertips touching mine
There's a beautiful, unexplainable
Ecstatic feel from our fingerprints rubbing against each other
Sparking the fire that keeps us warm
On this cold weather
Let's keep warm
290 · May 2019
Love Scars (05/23/19)
Ben May 2019
Love scars.
I can taste the blood.
I can feel the pain you left.
Nonetheless, love scars.

Love scars.
I enjoyed the thought.
I smiled at the idea.
You have left your mark.
Nonetheless, love scars.
287 · Oct 2018
Sweet Ocean Breeze
Ben Oct 2018
Salty ocean breeze
Pleasing my nose's needs
Releasing dopamine
I feel its cool winds
Wrapping around me
At the beach, relaxing and unwinding.
280 · Apr 2018
Music and Me
Ben Apr 2018
Peace so soothing
Whispering in my ear
Kissing my cheeks
Saying things so lovely

I begin to feel less lonely
The lonely artist feels the same thing
Expressing notes
Beautifully
Music is a beautiful thing, because I feel less lonely. This is so, because I'm sure the artist behind the song expressed the same experience.
279 · Jan 2019
Untitled 1/14/19
Ben Jan 2019
My efforts have vanished
Gone like the wind
Gusts have blown them away
Its true that vanity exists
Not many people stay
279 · Jun 2019
The Smile (06/19/19)
Ben Jun 2019
Your smile...
The smile of a thousand suns
Brightens my darkest of planets
In an empty universe
276 · Mar 2018
Discovery
Ben Mar 2018
I have found beauty in your eyes
Your perspective changes mine
I have seen different things through
The lens of your eyes

The secrets of your heart
Reveal to me who you really are
I have found beauty in your heart

I have found beauty on your lips
Because you say the right things
And close it shut before making a mistake

I have found beauty in you
Because no one else is you.
275 · May 2020
You remind me...
Ben May 2020
When I least expect it,
You hold my hand
And guide me

In the depths of an ocean of loneliness,
You remind me of companionship

I begin to remember the sunny days
The rainy days
The gloomy days
The days that made me

I have found to love those memories
Sometimes in the darkest of hours or even at random, memories seem to change the tone of thinking. Yet, we can deal with them any we'd like. I enjoy the memories that remind me I'm cared for.
271 · Oct 2018
Listen. Listen...
Ben Oct 2018
Listen to the cries of your soul
It may be what we need to find peace.
Listen.
Live.
Breathe.
268 · Nov 2019
My Demise (11/07/19)
Ben Nov 2019
Brick by brick
I put up my wall
People peek and wonder what's wrong
They hand them over
One by one
Ignoring their cause
I look for foundation
There's none at all
Ultimately, being my own flaw
It's hard doing things alone, though things get done it's not always fun and sometimes finding fault in others is our own fault.
264 · Nov 2018
Open brokenness
Ben Nov 2018
I've seen my empty self
Inside.
My outer layer cracks as I hold so much in
I began to let go...
It's been a while since I poured myself out
Being more open and honest
Loving more abundantly!
I let the muck inside seep out of my cracks
I feel broken.
At peace.
I feel so lovely.
I can no longer hold in the real me.
I feel like i can feel again.  I am becoming more honest with people and more importantly myself. I'm loving it!
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