2021–2022 · 119 pages
You have Potential
For Prosperity…
Poems, journal entries, and essays by Ben Barnes — written between 2021 and 2022 and kept exactly as they arrived. Four chapters, 119 pages, 48,712 words.
Chapters
Chapter One
Chapter 1
26 pages · Sep 18, 2021 — Dec 16, 2021
Where it starts. The first entries — written raw, kept whole, in the order they arrived.
- 01Rust, Dust, Bolts and Nails
- 02I Could Never Understand.
- 03The Moon.
- 04They Should Be Gone.
- 05Saturns Return
- 06I am Never Done.
- 07I Can’t Just Let Go
- 08The Sunset
- 09To a Lost Faith
- 10To Those That Surround Me.
- 11You lost who you were.
- 12Live with the Chaos.
- 13Gods Creation.
- 14Remember the Time When we….
- 15Love is More Than Just Love
- 16I’m Falling
- 17I Sat In a Seat That Wasn’t Mine
- 18The Days I Used to Live…
- 19Mmmm, Bricks so many Bricks…
- 20Shake Awake…
- 21Potential For Prosperity
- 22There is Always Time for Love.
- 23thank you…
- 24Realities and Existences
- 25Be Forever Asleep
- 26Song For Pluto. A Small Planet with a Huge Heart.
Chapter Two
Chapter 2
59 pages · Jan 1, 2022 — Mar 2, 2022
The longest stretch of the book, and the loudest. Most of these carry a date and an album.
- 30ShatteredStuck in My Mind
- 31MistakesStuck in My Mind
- 32When Love Breaks You DownStuck in My Mind
- 33My Soul is BleedingStuck in My Mind
- 34You Don’t KnowStuck in My Mind
- 35Prove itStuck in My Mind
- 36New StartStuck in My Mind
- 37PressureStuck in My Mind
- 39I’m SorryStuck in My Mind
- 40How to FeelStuck in My Mind
- 41Burned BridgesStuck in My Mind
- 42Love to GiveStuck in My Mind
- 43ClarityStuck in My Mind
- 44UnnamedStuck in My Mind
- 45Don’t TryStuck in My Mind
- 46GoneStuck in My Mind
- 47People Walk BlindStuck in My Mind
- 48DrownStuck in My Mind
- 49Never AloneStuck in My Mind
- 51LifeStuck in My Mind
- 53FightStuck in My Mind
- 55Belong TogetherStuck in My Mind
- 56If OnlyStuck in My Mind
- 57Save MeStuck in My Mind
- 58Last GoodbyeStuck in My Mind
- 59RestartShock Therapy
- 60Keep on MovingShock Therapy
- 61Never Give UpShock Therapy
- 62Restricted
- 63Need ThisShock Therapy
- 65Shattered 2.0Shock Therapy
- 66FaithShock Therapy
- 67The Long NightShock Therapy
- 68ExcusesShock Therapy
- 69Heart BreakShock Therapy
- 70GratitudeShock Therapy
- 71What I SingShock Therapy
- 72Real LoveShock Therapy
- 73The KiteShock Therapy
- 74Help MeShock Therapy
- 75Times to RememberShock Therapy
- 76Wake UpShock Therapy
- 77LustShock Therapy
- 78RegretShock Therapy
- 79Loud SoulShock Therapy
- 80Never Be the Same
- 81EmmaShock Therapy
- 84Setting SailSetting Sail
- 85Find The WaySetting Sail
- 86The Long RideSetting Sail
- 87The Many Outweigh the FewSetting Sail
- 88What I Love About YouSetting Sail
- 89Heaven is NearSetting Sail
- 90Put in His PlaceSetting Sail
- 91Call My NameSetting Sail
- 92Endless ApologiesSetting Sail
- 93ScarsSetting Sail
- 94Demons Never-endingSetting Sail
- 95AdmirationsSetting Sail
Chapter Three
Chapter 3
19 pages · Dec 23, 2021 — Jul 24, 2022
Written alongside the others, finished after them. The turn toward the other side.
- 27Felt The Same at The Start.
- 28Christmas Calls
- 29Future Full of Love
- 38I’ll See You Then…
- 50Dead Quiet.
- 54Growth is Eternal
- 64Reasonable to Reality
- 82Fulfilling the Weather
- 83I am Leaving Ben Behind.
- 96A Night Never Forgotten.
- 107People Dressed in White
- 108Be an EXAMPLE:
- 109Cope///with///Virtue
- 112Oregon
- 113Why You Don’t Judge.
- 114Best 2 Years Ever
- 115Sacrifice
- 116Going at it “Alone”
- 118The Other Side
Chapter Four
The Lost Pages
15 pages · Jan 23, 2022 — Aug 29, 2022
The pages that sat outside the chapters — essays, habits, and the ones that found their way back.