Benjamin is currently 19 years of age. He enjoys photography, reading, writing, graphic design, running, orange juice, music of all genres other than country, foreign films, zombie movies of any quality, and trying to figure out who he is.
With poetry inspired by a slew of the usual outlets (girls, spirituality, and failure) Benjamin claims that his goal in writing poetry is 'to say the things that have already been said in ways they haven't been said'.
Benjamin's greatest desire is that he would be noticed and admired for his poetry one day.
Scorned. That ought to be my name.
Constantly and consistently confused,
By the fact that she reels and rejects,
All within the same day.
...
Sometimes I look at people and wonder,
Not what they are thinking, but if they are thinking.
Woman on the train, are you remembering?
Man on the street, do you reminisce?
...
I never had an addiction to Mountain Dew,
I had an addiction to you.
Polite conversations, go by so fast.
My only goal: to make you laugh.
...
With a finger to her lips she signaled to be silent.
A tacit statement synonymous to a secret love.
Only with eyes she spoke to abate my concerns.
Virtuous fidelity to be lauded and admired.
...
Her scent hit me like an ache,
And I was sore again.
I feel the influx of bile rise,
At my inability to restrain.
...