Tribute to Drake Brewer (1996-2015) by Rich Orth

Tribute to Drake Brewer (July 26, 1996-August 7, 2015) by Rich Orth

Dearest Drake...I am a poet at a loss for words. We should be celebrating your 22nd BDAY. instead we will be commemorating the 3rd anniversary of your passing. I was so honored that you considered me your favorite poet. When you battled with I teacher to use my work as a Senior High project..I was humbled..that you got an A made me proud as hell! You had so much ambition and talent...I wish I had more of your writing to share.

Requiesce in pace my dear friend....See you on the other side Drake Brewer...Rich

 

Vicious Cycle!

by Drake Brewer

A silent whisper

Bound by the transverse opinion

Told like a chain letter

It's a vow unplanned to keep

The solitude we all once had is drained

Stolen by the mosquito of endless endeavors

But is there hope?

Will there ever be?

Like children of victimized by a plague

We cant find shelter

For in the back of our minds our fear grips us

Pulling atthe livelihood that once was whole

Beg for a relief

Plead for a better taste

The lust is gone and blood is all thats left

So kiss the assailant

And love the murderer

Then maybe things wont be so brutal

Maybe the end will be peaceful

But only some may know of the tails of the silent whisper

Only some may hold onto the chain letter

Ending the vicious cycle

Don't Have Time!

by Drake Brewer and Rich Orth

My depression runs deep

Feeding on years of hatred

Hating myself, detesting the world

Taking me as a joke tis a fool's choice

Invisible are scars littering my heart

How it still beats one wonders

How I still breathe... why I keep going

There's no justifying my actions

My story as told by me

Would make you falter ...

Your life's views, your perspective of me

would change

Call me an angel...say what you wildl

Angels though here for a reason

And I don't have time for that

Mend My Heart!

by Drake Brewer and Rich Orth

How can i say... that i want you to stay?

How can i implore you to never leave?

You were my best friend, but so much more

now idk as i stand outside your door.

Is this a dream or merely a sick joke?

God damn your reality...

I'm crying for help, pleading my heart be mended

help me fly, put a halo above my head

Just show me a sign,

I realize tomorrows are never promised...

so i live day to day

...once i had you.. now you simply walk and turn away

So give me a sign,

I'll follow this line, in hopes that ill wake from this nightmare

Darkness Brewing!

by Rich Orth

dedicated to Drake Brewer

would have been 22 7/26/2018

gone 3 yrs on 8/7/2018

What lies around the bend

What lies shall we defend

For in truth..

one merely portends...

Tis this Death..Finality?

Is there more..more ..more?

In this silence

where fields of bodies lie

Is horror truth?

What sanctifies??

Tis it visceral ?...

Tis, there sensibility?

As Earthly abomination

swallows personality

Regurgitating stupidity

to the masses

Fool's gold is serendipity

to the classless

What lies around the bend

What lies shall we defend

For in truth...

Many merely pretend

Evoking laughter and lies..

Deep..deep...

into abysmal nights

Sleep...Sheep..

into submissive flight