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’m stuck here running into a wall,
then staring at the ceiling.
My “friends” could care less if I fall.
The world to me is black and gray...
You raise up the curtains for your lines.
You know every word and every part.
You thought you knew how it would end from the start.
You're...
My best friend is a TV.
It saves me from reality.
My perfect getaway is a fantasy.
I live in a movie.
I'm an internet baby,
don't want you...
We don't party anymore.
We're just lost playing a role.
The real you left behind at your front door.
This painted you is quite a bore.
We...
Sex, drugs, rock and roll,
that's all fun till it takes its toll.
Leather, lace, weed and coke.
Life is irony, a long, bad joke.
Life is...