Benjamin Zephaniah made me fall in love with poetry way back when. An absolute icon of literature and a beautiful soul of a man who was kind and generous with his time each time I met him as an adult and a child. A huge loss with an incredible legacy.
'You have to look beyond the face
to see the person true,
Deep down within my inner space
I am the same as you;
I've counted since that fire burnt
the many lessons I have learnt.
You have to talk to me and not
the skin that holds me in.'
RIP Benjamin: we saw the person true.