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Andre Baez Apr 2014
It's a quarter till Midnight

And the darkness whistles in my ears

Bristles are split by the weary spears

From the hands of pall bearers

Lifting hundreds from one abyss to the other

For life is circular in natural stone boulders

Scriptures are faded by dust and wind

Left as hieroglyphs by the ancients

Whom wished to give knowledge to the world

Knowledge of architecture, agriculture, and spirits

The curves of Mother Earth and the voice of Father God

Although the closest to God is a mother

Who gives life, a super natural ability, and honor

It's eleven till Midnight and light floods my room

For just on the other side of a few inch thick door

Lies a man with a gun, a 40, and an attitude

Engaging the neighbors beneath and beside him

Laughing from the turmoil of the day

While shifting his eyes to hide tears

As his son is in the hospital but his sons mother despises him

For he had no time, therefore no interest

In the seed he had planted in a one time plastic *** from Home Depot

It's eight minutes till midnight and I miss the moon

I'm too fearful to leave my door

As I watch videos of idiotic and moronic

People's who want to change the world

With no plan, only a vision, of milk and honey flowing

Work is a theory and talking matter

It is an excuse to imbibe coffee and consume pastries  

For ideas are more interesting than actions

For those who use actions are mere talking points for gossip

It's four minutes until midnight and my life isn't mine

It hasn't been mine for years

Since my inception I was fed lies, just like you

The newest lie is I should be happy

The second newest lie is I should be sad

The third newest lie is that my brother will get better

Because how can one become better...

If born from an incident

As a result of negative consequence

It's two minutes till Midnight and I know he never had a chance

I would give up my life for his

But it would change nothing for our parents would still cry

For my actions have been misleading

And he has been stripped of what was rightfully his

A chance to live his own life

It's midnight and my thoughts devour my soul

In the form of shadows dancing along the walls of my bedroom

I wish I was a dream weaver
Andre Baez Apr 2014
A man walks home from his job
Part-time at two different places
To feed his child and give shelter
With his child's mother in place
This man would live life daily as
Best as he could like any other
Marijuana smoke helps dull pain
And heartache from another
Job and opportunity lost, cause
Of simple mistakes avoidable
Had he been more responsible
As the day draws to a close
Celebrations begin for a year
A year of renewal and promises
To improve, to provide, to guide
In his eyes he sees the fiery day
Give in to an unforgiving night

Fearful of taking an innocent life or
Having his life taken in an instant
He put faith in a train to plot
A direct course for the party
Returning home in the morning
To his little daughter and lover
Perhaps too much fun was had
A little much drink in plastic cup
Fights broke out in the live night
Of which friends of him were apart
Involving him in old hood beef
Fists met flesh but not bullet
For skin hadn't been torn by metal
Leaving human crimson along
The roadside beltway or floor
This was a rivalry among men
Whom lived without abandon
And strived for a daily dime

Men of the law would intervene
As is requisite of such actions
But reactions are destructive
Conducive to leaving lines
And plenty body bag designs
All aligned with ***** tiles
The tile that his stomach lies
As the kneecaps dig into him
Of a grown man with a life, wife,
And child in the womb of her
Similar to the man beneath him
But he reaches towards his belt
As his brother struggles below
Black like the early morning
Consuming the two of them
The fruits are veiled in this station
Fruits of deep seeded hate and
Inaction in the face of atrocities:
Glaring and gazing steadily

The shot rang out...

One. Light. Shines.
As. The. Bullet. Flies.
And. Burns. Flesh.

YOU SHOT ME!

... Echoes in the distance

Internal organs are dying
Breathes are more labored
His daughter and lover
Would find 7 hours later
That they would be left
In the distance that took him
An imperfect man slain
In an imperfect world.
Andre Baez Mar 2014
The seductress on my mind
Lives in full on expression
Laced in the free confines
And platitudes of direction

The sequential confessions
A private march of signs
Lead aggressive regression
A spinal tap of times

Timid forms of prose
Do not impose, much
In the way of speech
Or the ways of preach

A dandelion blossoms
Fully under direction
Of gunfire and hellfire
Made in mans *****

A milk which is colored
A dark, rusting, crimson
For this is the gift adorned
An antiquated prison

A dream once flowed upon
The rivers that line my arms
Texts of pharaohs charmed
With distant songs sung  

Yet, not distant enough
Into a further realm of
Steak, salmon, wine, and
Pontification, a type sublime

Cardiac and stop and frisk arrests
Psychedelics and prophylactics
Insomniacs and chipper morn birds
Courage and numbing fear tactics

Topics are churned forward
As thoughts are yearned for
But are seldom rewarded
Without snide comments

Even if contorted to fit
Daily textbook definitions
A raindrop is precipitation
Not tears from eyes of perdition

Said a jeering member of an alley
A gatekeeper for all of Hades
A living reminder of what shape
Controls societies minions a plenty

I believe you are a queen lost in time
You are the seductress on my mind
The boom-bap of 90s street art hop
A collection of lives birthed caught

You are the desire of my epicenter
The freezing of my two lips together
A culture of desire and of fortune
A soft room with croons in tunes

I believe you are not pink matter
You are the color scheme in the sun
A serpent slithering within disaster
A tale of victory and woe as one

Tears sting the edges of my eyes
As shadows are cast upon my soul
A tree in mourning for it's seeds
As oil desecrates, dry, shallow soil

When did this become a love poem?
Atop the raft my dreams have flowed
Wordsmiths fashion sturdy homes  
To heal the word and to help growth

Inside one of these I fled and bled
In it I found fish, water, and bread
Self-hate and despair had spread
Until it was fully excreted in death

The seductress on my mind brought:
Dandelions with smoke from gunfire
Milk which was crimson in color
Pharaohs songs of golden charm
A conversation in full, and open arms
Arms that held my dreams with calm

Constructs of love and poetic meals
Heal the surface of darkness scorn
Feeding the soul of it's sullen needs
A return to an innocence unborn
Andre Baez Mar 2014
blame

the youngest son
is not a sun
but a moon
fed darkness
of his father
& distance of others
precious minutes
& monsters
for not inquiring
on the goings of others
while still attempting
to be filled with light.
Andre Baez Feb 2014
The undying truth is
Much less functional
Than the very real lie
For the lies lessened
Some burned burden
Truth be told I never
Learned one from a
Two or three or four
Never have I learned
Why a lie is spurned
For we live lies daily
Masks are attained
For usage, not show
Emotions are halted
As we walk paths of
Existence, existing
No longer living in a
World where being
Human equates to
A nuisance, for truly
If you expect to be
You must be a lie
A breathing, musing,  
Lousy, and cheating
And rousing, even
Adventurous, but
Prudent enough to
Know when enough
Is in fact, enough
To suffice for a time
In a day or a night
To wipe any two-way
Mirror off the face
Of your self as well
As the Earth, Heaven
And I suppose Hell
Although isn't that
Where we are living?
Or is that a lie, and
We are in fact ants
In a pile, formed by
God, in the form of
An eleven year-old
Child playing again
And again, and yet
Again a game of
LIFE and DEATH
With a group of his
Friends, whom act
As his lieutenants
And guardians of
His fortress that he's
Made out of cereal
Boxes and pillows
As well as blankets
And even his old
Disney tents which
Feature old favorites
Mickey, Minnie, Donald,
It's just plain Goofy
That these Angels are
Nothing more than
Imaginative children
Or is that imagination
What contains a very
Potent, easy solution
For imagination is a lie
That hasn't come true
But can in one form or
The other, in musicians,
In movies, in art pieces,
And all around us, awe
Inspiring pieces of us
Would take center stage
Because artistic visions
Are sneak peeks into
The future, and what
Can take place in our
Evolution as participants
In this child's game of
LIFE and DEATH
An ugly, foul swan can
Be a beautiful duckling
A horrid sunny afternoon
Can be a lovely rainy
Evening, with a freeing
Thoughtful sensation
Corralling our minds
While nurturing our
Fragile young bodies
For the age of One-
Hundred is but a blip
Of a nightlight in the
Face of sunlight
That's the burning
Truth, alongside our
White-hot lines of lies
Which begin at the
Cashier and work
Their ways out of
The door, while
Complaining about
Poor service and
Time wasted, when
Really they want
To go home and
Play some Facebook
Games and tweet
About the sandwich
They have yet to eat
Not knowing they
Are the ones being
Played by the God
An eleven year-old
Whom has earned
Few concerns in
His own game of
LIFE and DEATH
For he has imagination
He owns and controls
His personal set of
Very real lies, because
The undying truth is
Much less functional.
Andre Baez Feb 2014
From the beginning
You were running
Searching for
The unknown
The anonymous
The subconscious
The atomic particle
A molecule that would
Capture you in full
And catapult you into
The great and vast blue
Where only far and few
Have gained entry to
However, you are not
You have not
You will not
You are rotting wood
Maggots feasting upon
Vultures destroying bone
While consuming flesh

Flesh of past
Undiluted
Virtuous
Clean
Sane

Unbeknownst
To the carves
Upon thy
Self with
Name

For slavery is
The Owner of
The name
A simple
Tool
Andre Baez Feb 2014
Today I woke up and saw blood run down my nose,
The wetness shocked me like water from a hose,
As I searched myself I came across many lines,
Far more than a person my age should have designed,
Upon my canvas also lies a bit of weight,
Not enough for muscles just enough to be in shape,
My entire body is covered in a throw of fur,
Mentally I could never give into shaving, it's absurd,
Why should I change the Lords work?
My moms work, my pops work, it's what I'm worth,
Physically, I'm far from a perfect being,
But, who can seriously claim to be perfect, see
A crease from furrowed brows and tough thoughts,
Is what's needed for many to eventually get across,
The bridge that holds our destiny,
If we're true to ourselves then soon we'll see,
That each one of us is one of the worlds instruments,
A tool to be used in whatever way to represent,
The total collectiveness of our spirit,
The human spirit and the lives that go near it,
Social justifications for monstrous actions,
Aren't enough to give any sense of satisfaction,
The mind is only of a single individual,
As such the thoughts of others and their ridicule,
Is not enough to influence a movement or a truth,
An idea can spread contagions to the youth,
Through them and so on the ways get passed on,
Thrown out are false ideas and politicians who were lax on,
The middle and under man and their predicaments,
**** their lack of care, we are Gods fingerprints,
For whom the bells toll, hands fly up and grab,
Our faces by the cheeks and together we will laugh,
Because a world of unity comes after the stage fright,
Look at the anonymous who fight each day and each night,
The wordless texts written on marketing magazines,
The muted audio coming from blanketed screens,
A voiceless march on solders of love,
A war on peace will flare out in blood,
The thin red line that traces arches outside of my nose,
It works it's way left then right, to and fro,
A painting on the working canvas of my soul,
Colors swirling and mixing just outside the window,
Lies potential waiting to be tapped,
Along with my own, it's the wane to be attacked,
Through ambivalent works we are attached,
Malevolent words are weakness in the face of intelligence, wrath.

Wrath is the enemy of the dreams we have earned,
The dreams that have been worked for, burned for and yearned for,
Oh Lord, the chore is hard to absorb,
Which is why more is to be given,
For more are willing, to lend themselves to the cause of children,
And old men and women, trapped in prisons and similar buildings, Westboro baptist churches and terrorist organizations,
Government agents, with Wes Craven woven situations,
A nightmare is on Elm street, and your street and my street,
Even if you don't see it, you can hear it,
The gunshots may not ring off near your house,
But the ambulance goes past your house to the ER in clouds,
And out of your mouth comes "I hope they're fine, wow."
But in truth it's a passing moment in your own life, wow.

Just like that, it's the fragility of things,
A bird of Hermes eating it's own wings,
Reality based upon countless simplicities,
Recipes are made from human soliloquies,
Stories passed down ****** and through ink,
Written tales of woe and tales of victory,
Strategies to make the mind seek peace,
In mournful situations where bodies reek,
Media slavery and private prison sceneries,
Are overbearing distortions of American Dreams,
Big Brother is only a few decades from being,
Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasian countries,
Are already practicing a form of doublethink,
Freedom of thought is the freedom of newspeak,
Guy Fawkes, wake up kids, nothing is as it seems,
The revolution is now and forever recurring.
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