Ben - Hello Poetry

Ben Jul 2014

do you know what it's like
to be bone dry thirsty
with every shimmering drink
at your eager fingertips
all there calling for just
                                             a sip
but this drink will slow you
and this helps to forget
while after a wetter while
the next one becomes daily
                                                   habit
so you sit in the sand
and suffer cracked lips
a peeling parched throat
and the frayed ends of
                                            wit
fighting the urge of
      one
               little
                         sip

#issues

Ben Jul 2014

being honest with yourself is like trying to hold on to a dream

it doesn't seem that i can get high enough
                                                                          or low
to find a reason for b r e a k i n g this cycle
                                                        cycle          cycle
                                                                  cycle
of trying to become drinking buddies with my demons
or unconscious of the fact that i'm slowly letting my passions
                                               die.
i'm empty
on the ins
ide but at
least i loo
k ok.

#honest

Ben Jun 2014

the pit

with flagging strength and weary conscience
I struggle against these demons in this heavy heart
trying to keep this darkness at bay till a dawn
I'm not sure is coming

Ben Jun 2014

existential feline

a grey and orange ghost
slips unfettered between
this world and
a quiet place
of muted shadows
hidden
until eyes like marbles
blink into existence
and my cheshire kitten
slinks into my room
with no more whisper
than silk on glass
liquid

#existential #cat #whisper #liquid #feline #otherworld

Ben Jun 2014

backyard ptsd

acid flashback in the trees
frenzied branches feathered leaves
swaying seizing in the breeze
forming shapes that his mind sees
scattered thoughts attention free

#drugs #nature #reflection #introspective

Ben May 2014

campus side

the halogen moon hung hazy in a light polluted sky
reflecting dull on the brown olive pond
while bullfrogs rasp and croak a choked out love song
the heavy bass thump of passing metal cages
and riotous cacophony of undulating drunken laughter
drowned out nature's soft sighing whisper

I meditate for peace but only feel the unyielding concrete beneath my feet
the harsh sensory assault of a school that never sleeps

#nature #night #college

Ben Apr 2014

Lancelot and Guinevere

Lancelot ye golden knight fair
Through Love’s decree, with coy invite
Enthralled the fey Queen Guinevere

How soon ye forget your sins laid bare
The Sangrail truth, the Heavenly light
Lancelot ye golden knight fair

With comely looks, a swaggering air
The greatest of all earthly knights
Enthralled the fey Queen Guinevere

How easy to shun this dolorous affair
If ye honed instead your spiritual might
Lancelot ye golden knight fair

With glory from lands far and near
Ye took her heart and forthright
Enthralled the fey Queen Guinevere

Le Morte Darthur, the kingdom’s despair
Was sealed upon the doleful night
Lancelot ye golden knight fair
Enthralled the fey Queen Guinevere

for my Arthurian Lit class