Poems from Frankie B.
My name is Joseph Benitez, I often use the name Frankie Benitez as a writing alias. I love to write about the world around me and how the world and the people and experiences in it have shaped me as a writer and an artist. I am a singer/songwriter so many of my poems are written in a verse/chorus/verse type of format.
I've never been one for parties or good conversation.
I'm not one for material fascination.
Don't care for diamonds or shiny hair.
I don't...
This body is buried under my loneliness.
This heart is covered in my own sadness.
This mind is prisoner to my own madness.
A victim of my...
These kids out here are already dead.
They think they've got it all in their head.
Growing up is part of the past.
We are here then gone...
You used to write about all the things you knew.
Now that you're someone using clichés is all you do.
You and your heart of gold have...
It's pouring rain outside,
but if you hold on the light you will find.
There are bombs falling everywhere
and people here may not stop,...