Poems from Frankie B.

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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.
We’re breathing but where not alive. We’re talking without making a sound. World in view, but we are blind. Riding high, hearts left on...
Living in a plastic fantasy.  Living in a dollhouse, playing reality. Painted to be a new identity. Don't smile, don't see, don't hear,...
I feel like a part of it all. The world used to stand so tall. But we were so quick to fall. We hung ourselves. We paved the way. We shot...
I don't understand anything at all. I stood on mountains now I feel so small. You touched me but I can't feel. I see you there but you're...
We all want to be the cool kids now. Throw on a leather jacket. Perform your lines then take a bow. Throw on your darkest shades. Walk in...

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