A POEM BY BEN PARKER - 18/11/18

Ive been having a writers block
With every attempt that i make
So instead I wrote this poem
10 times shorter it would take

I know that ive been sounding fake
Saying ill make things
That dont materialise
I guess my dreams are bigger than my resources
And my announcements unwise

I want to make this festival
With an all-female lineup
I wish the plan didnt fall through
How id love to see them line up

I want to make this movie
Focusing on strip clubs in Atlanta
But my contacts non-existent
I've better chance sponsoring Fanta

I want to make another EP
I want people to hear my stories
But my fans are fickle, I talk too much
No one cares about my worries

Is it because i dont do it serious
That im not taken serious
Are people not as curious
As the mind that works within me?

I guess making people care
Starts and ends all with me?
I know that im controversial
I invite you to conversate
Spend half an hour with me

Ive got visions that could change your future
Ive got visions that make me forget the past
Ive got visions of structures that'll forever last
Ive got visions of breaking records like
Broken bones need a cast

I gotta prioritise
I got studies that make me better
But my hobbies distract me often
So my dreams they spell a love letter

Trying to make romantic arts
Trying to enlighten darkened hearts
I guess everything takes time
When life gives you lemons
But i get given limes

God reminds me that things come 
when you least expect it
Look at my job
Look at my relationship
Ive been gifted these chances
So now i must protect this

Sophie saw light in my plans
Since the first day
So now im tryna provide for us
Make everyday feel like her birthday

Make my mum proud
Keep my brothers safe
Because we all really went through it
Now we’re building our own space

Just incase you didnt get the message
Let me summarise for you
Everything im trying to do
Im trying to do for me and you