wysiwyg wrong output

hello,

i’ve got a problem:

1. i’ve built a wysiwyg-metabox in my functions.php:

	$cmb->add_field( array(
	'name'    => 'Textspalte links',
	'desc'    => '',
	'id'         => $prefix . 'wysiwyg_spalte_links_home',
	'type'    => 'wysiwyg',
	'options' => array(
        'wpautop' => false,
        'media_buttons' => false,
        'textarea_rows' => get_option('default_post_edit_rows', 5),
    ),
	) );

2. then I put the following code in my theme:

<div class="text">
  <p>
     <span class="dropcap font-alt">L</span>
        <?php $wysiwyg  = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_smm_wysiwyg_spalte_links_home', true );
echo esc_html( $wysiwyg );
?>
  </p>
</div>

this takes my text in the metabox to the frontend.

3. unfortunately my text looks like this in the frontend:

L<p>orem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua.</p> <p> </p> <p>At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum.</p>

it shows the html markup and I can not make a line break.

can somebody please help me?

thank you!

gunness