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“And with these words, you will learn that I am nothing more than how you have already perceived me.” –D.J.E.

Do not read this poem

If you cannot fathom our horizons
As one beautiful bond

Friendship blessings
Admiring my humanity, so strong

Hold close my strengths and weaknesses
Do not be afraid
If I fall

Catch me, if you will
For my foundations can hold us
Through these darkest of nights

Place your trust on my fingertips
We shall take flight

…

Do not listen to this poem
With witless carelessness

Relishing in austere silence
Upon my scarred premise
Built on redemptions’ prayer

If you only plan to run     a     w    a    y
I will not beg you to stay

And if you’re already gone
Good

No need for blindfolded critics
With attitude ready to smudge this

For I am friends with ONE JUDGE
And He has already forgiven

…

Do not run from my poem
If you know how to embrace my realness

Momentary harshness
Shines in sunrays
Fueled by my heart

Humanity, my song
Few will question its purpose

No hidden lyrics
No Satanic messages

Only spoken
From the book of Realness
Chapter Harsh: Verse Truth

…

Do not make love to my poem
With unbridled intensity

Spreading your legs
In Haste’s reflex
With mouth wide open

Ready to show me who you are inside

When you do not know who I am…inside

Do not speak ill of my poem
If misapprehension is your friend

Gossip clans
Obstructing poetic justice, I rip

If my truths are misconstrued
Be gone!
Good luck to you

For I may be no angel
But my purity
Never justified in flight with Scotch Tape wings

…

Do not wonder about this poem
Wonder if I speak of you

For those who are true
My words
Engraved upon hearts of all

You know who you are

My hours and minutes in these breaths of time
No need to speak in validating rhyme

…

Do not cry over my poem
Upon my departure from Earth’s grasp

Absorb my verbiage as I spit

Cherish this momentary bliss
With no conflict…this momentary bliss

All shall witness
My true colors
Shining
Thru

…

If you cannot understand my voice
If you cannot respect my all
If you cannot value these moments
If you cannot walk with me in the path I roam

Then please…do not read this poem.

Drake Jibril Eszes

"Life is simply an ocean…you can admire its depths, you can explore its realms, you can even hope to have somebody swim with you. BUT, at the end of the day, you still need to come back up for air and look at the horizons with your bare feet dug into the sands called…time. And breathe those winds…of balance." -D.J.E.

“Enough”

In these minutes I witness

Humanity in complexity
Sobriety their enemy
Listless robotic society

Bible thumpers spitting words
From blank pages’ amnesia
Preaching unity in homophobe tones

Miraculous disasters
They should’ve phoned home

Lackluster shining stars
Hypocrisies’ intelligence
Under pre-pubescent voice irregularity

Wet dreams become pet peeves
Over things they refuse to achieve
Never breaking free
Bilingual in English and Slavery

Whipped by chains of non-existence
Rusted into nightmarish ecstasy
Escaping clutches into stubbornness
Hard-headed orgies
Climactic stains left on blankets of stupidity

Waiting upon Insomnia to clean it up

And yet they want our company
In their misery

No more!

No more time for miseries’ wallow
Enough of these goodbyes
The nights & dawns will be my guides
For I am ready for simple hello’s & hi’s

Is that TOO much to ask?!

Drake Jibril Eszes

"May the judgmental become friends with a mirror…" –D.J.E.

“Faces”

And I stand
Microphone in possession

Some identities in crisis
Observing my verbal foreplay
Listening to where my attitude will sway
Ready for pre-deceived notion

Ill-conceived potions they drink

Loneliness’s hope in poetic dedication…disturbed

Judgmental hypocrite language
Wrapping arms around me

Laughter spews across Julius Cesar flashbacks
Lyrical tongues hiding razors
Under tasteless intent

Gentle French kisses
Siren voice greetings
Unimpressive stand-offish posterity

Falsified togetherness
Everything is butterflies & roses
Yet I have witnessed no apologies

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And I stand
Microphone in possession

Some faces are analyzing
Inconspicuous tendency

These words I speak
Clarity…misunderstood

Uninspired copycats walking
Cold shoulder language
Inaccurately corrupt perceptions

For the eyes of oblivious
Spitting pestilence coated in
Born Again positivity
Pretentiously…false

You shall not dent my will!

These faces among us
Layered in Immaculate Deception wishes
Phony testimonies
Protruding screams in façade…

And I stand
Microphone in possession

Cri-ticks…submissively perceptive
Used to living on Avoidance Boulevard
Now evicted

Visionary deprivations
Admiring my strengths
As I walk
Feet enveloped in Mother Nature’s genesis

Pride and joy
My sunrise and sunset
Hearing songs of Solace
As she waits…at the end of these rhymes…
Until the end of my times

…

Holding my inner core on palm
Calm envelops me in song

My power, cherished
Remembered
Reminded

To never change who I am
Simply improve…who I have always been.

And, here I stand
Microphone in possession

Looking into this crowd
Pondering…

How…How I ask you all?!

How
Will you
Look at me now…

Drake Jibril Eszes

“Alive”

Keeping hope within grasp
Smiles inherited

Caminando (Walking)
In steps

Transcendence my elevator
Elevating cornea visionary
Dreams
Within arms’ stretch

Mi alma (My soul)
Llorando para dias mas brillas (Crying for brighter days)

Fingers tremble
As I write my rights
Typing these strengths into
Lyrical lineage

My rhymes drift in transverse
Uplifting aura

Downward shift beyond insanity’s requiem
To my home called
One

Where some perceivers will always question
My intent infused
From within

Attempting word fusion validation
Reading between these lines
Foggy-eye syndrome
20/20 blindness

As they stand outside narcissistic white picket fences
Painted in plastic
Speaking in fickle language
I…

Simply toss out the weeds
Water my flower garden
With tears
Of absolute peace

Wishing upon my stars
One-faced friends…my constellations
For we know we will defend
Each other

From harm’s way
For I keep THEM closer

For it is THEY
Who revolve around my world

Because THIS WORLD does NOT revolve around me
It grows WITHIN
Incipience on my fingertips
Caressed by family’s touch

…

And it is with these reminders
Where I know what truly matters

Each new breath I breathe

ALIVE
My all continues to be

Drake Jibril Eszes

Inspired by a true classic from Kenny Rogers... “Lady” Sensuality In D Minor’s presence C-Flat’s essence Love monotone This moment’s stranger Locked in romance’s embrace Tears suppressed Confessional sins No longer exist My lady, you’ve walked along my side Thousands of hours Blessed upon my pride Identities falsified Tried to kiss this hand of mine But time revealed my way Baptismal ritual upon eyes Healed corneas Retinas impervious To anguish’s past Hands now flesh to flesh Softness envelops Egyptian cotton dreams Angelic renditions Visions Our candlelight To this song Cantando (Singing) In whisper’s bliss Won’t you believe in my song? My lady… Silent moments we can share My fingers through your hair With smiles deciphered No riddles to this adoration No barriers on our windows’ soul No conspiracy theories In this epic moment of simplicity To get the best of me With each new day As I breathe You In This uplifting love Upon angelic pedestal Our garden of lilies & tulips Watered only By moments Memories Sunshine’s chant Sigh My lady…I don’t know much I don’t know much My soul is not a book-smart student I just have a Bachelor’s in Life & Love My teacher Within And He will be my guide For I am not A knight in shining armor Saddled upon white horse fantasy I don’t even know if I can be your savior

"Speechless"

Y ahora (And now)
Estas mirando me (You look at me)
Esperando me (Waiting for me)
Provocando me (Provoking me)

Buscando (Searching for)
Me

Que tu quieres a decir (What is it that you want to say?)
Sus ojos (Your eyes)
Mas brillo (Very brilliant)

Pero estas Llorando (But you cry)
Rasgones (Scars)
Duele (Aching)
Sin amor (Without love)

But there you are
Silent
Silent

Words justified
In mute's tongue
Hung

Restricted by
Hesitation's barrier

Tu corazon (Your heart)
Quieres hacer (Wants to create)
Momentos (Moments)
Memorias (Memories)

Pero silencio (But silence)
Reinados (Reigns)

So why do you look at me
With such lustful drive

Resistance
Ready to escape vocabulary's chains

For you are speech
Less

Undeniable touch
Abrazando mi alma (Holding my soul)
Respirando con calma (Breathing with calm)

This battle of wits I will grasp
As I take hold
Embrace

Fingers taste
Slow dancing
On neck

Besame otra ves (Kiss me again)

But I object

Mi razon (My reason)
Cade tranquilidad (Stays quiet)

As I step back
Turn away
She takes my hand
With gentle aggression

Sin inhibitiones (Without inhibitions)
Seduction explodes

Sin palabras (Without words)
En un mente cogida (In this mind fuck)

Drake Jibril Eszes