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Sprishya Mar 2016
Alcoholic insanity rules the youth
Music is now on the background
A way to grind their nights away
To get ***** and ***** to define their existence
Love is dead
Love lives in the acid tripped minds
That groove to the beat that some ***** created
An attempt to distort reality
Laying on a ground somewhere, abused
***** by the society's perfection that they crave to achieve
'ACCEPTABILITY' has taken over individuality
Money has taken over minds
Conversations dont exist
A drunken blur hovers around
People are not themselves anymore
They love their pride too much to let go
They love themselves too much to care
Pockets define the soul
Humanity disappeared somewhere
Between the whiskey filled bottles
And ******* filled minds
People are not themselves anymore
They'd rather be someone else
Just to stay relevant!!
Sprishya Aug 2012
I thought of you,
I thought of us,
Things we could've done,
Places we could've gone,
It's only a thought.

-Sprishya
Sprishya Apr 2014
I finally believe in god
I'm praying for his grace
I would die if i couldn't have you
Although I know it's cliched
I want to tell you my heart beats your name
My breath only lasts as long as I see your face
But I'm scared
A thousand other boys must have told you that
That you mean the world to them
But the world has lost its meaning
All the world is right now
Is one text saying good night
To know that you really care
One smile when I'm with you
Or your voice that overshadows music
You are my music
Touching the deepest corner of my soul
And I want to write you a song
But the words don't come out
And my voice disappears
'I love you'
Every inch of you
Every thought, every breath,
Ever sound you make
Your thought and your dreams
I'd die to know
If you feel the same
I'd be in heaven if we kissed
Sprishya Jul 2013
I don’t even care about your ******* anymore
A 60 of Johnnie is all I want
In fact it’s all I ever wanted
All I needed
Your love?
Everything’s love after a few drinks
Your love, her love, my love
Love for my dog and love for that rock
A 60 of johnnie is all I want
**** your problems and your concerns
If it’s not me you’re getting with tonight
Then ******* too
Take a knife and cut me open
I want to see myself bleed
Just a thought when my mind lacks
The 60 of Johnnie that it so craves
Set this mind at ease
Come up to me slowly,
Seductively,
Touch me in the places your mother wouldn’t approve
Do things your father would **** me for
I’m going to commit a sin
Your eyes are to blame
Things I would do to that body
The most beautiful girl in the world tonight
And yet my love
A 60 of Johnnie is all I want.

(Los Angeles , CA 7/21/13 1:21 AM)
Sprishya Aug 2017
It has to be better than this
The lemonades are turning to dust
Silverlinings have all rained down
Life's got to be bigger than this
The flower that once was
Now a thorn sharper than dead dreams
Stabbing all hope
This dark vacuum is ******* me in
I'm holding on to the last beam of light
But my grip is slipping and I'm scared
Aren't things supposed to work out?
Well begun is now all undone
(Los Angeles, Aug 22 2017)
Sprishya May 2014
Please stop the time
Come back
Tell me it was a lie
Come back
Kiss me again
Come back
Save this heart that you have slain

My heart feels like it crumbling
Come back
Make it sing again
Come back
Let it know that it'll be fine again
Come back
Assure me that I'll see the sun shine
Again!!

(Kathmandu, Nepal 5/15/2014)
Sprishya Feb 2013
The door is now open
But are you ready to step out?
To take on life on your own
Define yourself
Realize your presence, Exist!!

You've been following their rules
Climbing the ladder one step at a time
The society's way, you know
You're born
You'll die
In between you earn
Money, fame and the need to succeed

Wow, I wish I was like you
I wish I could follow rules
Live to your expectation
Be 'Successful'

But I choose to step out the door
Embrace the sun, breathe in the air
End this pretentious living you call life
and exist instead of survive
Unlike you and your society
Just myself: a disappointment.

-Sprishya
Sprishya Aug 2012
A place filled with good vibes
People singing dancing, enjoying their lives
There i am standing amongst them,
One of them, free of worries and care

Friends and family celebrating life,
Singing, dancing, clapping their hands,
Happy with me, happy for me,
The way I am happy for them

A beautiful girl almost an angel,
Bright blue eyes looking right through me,
A touch so divine feels like heaven,
Truthful words filled with beautiful lies

I take a sip from my glass,
I follow her towards a light,
I hear a bell ring, sounds like reality,
I wake up.

-Sprishya
Sprishya Jul 2012
East 4th street heading towards 6th Avenue,
The streets more confusing than ever,
High rise buildings, the top floor i hear has a nice view,
Take the B train or D, trying hard to remember.

I see these people, they don't notice me walking around,
I wonder if they even acknowledge my presence,
Just another victim that this city has now found,
Holding back my dreams with its large fence

Let me be free my friend, let me soar up high,
I have my wings spread out all i am waiting for is a sign,
Oh beautiful city lift me up and teach me how to fly,
Just help me takeoff and i'll make sure everything else goes fine

My friend you've shown me lives, some beautiful; others amazing,
You've shown me success, prosperity and the sadness that follows,
You've shown me darkness, pain and how bad they sting,
Now show me happiness and take my dreams to where freedom flows

Those penthouses and the expensive cars,
Oh big city, I want those thing that everyone wishes for,
But more that anything I want you to heal these scars,
Soothe my pain and wash those years with a downpour

I want to be me again, you know the way I had always been,
Free of these emotions, this ******* pain that I always feel,
If you can oh city give me a beautiful dream,
So the drunken me can succeed, no matter how hard it may seem.
  
                                                                ­                                  -Sprishya
Sprishya Nov 2013
When my mind feels like someone else's
When my brain ceases to think
When my thoughts only lead me towards the end of the tunnel
Where I see everything else but a light
That's when the bottle comes out
It listens to me without interrupting
It understands that I don't need to be happy
I just need to not be sad

(Kathmandu, Nepal  11/22/13)
Sprishya Feb 2013
Have you found yourself yet?
The quest of defining yourself
Pondering on this ever puzzling existence
The want to be different yet fall unconsciously
Into a stereotypical group of foolish individuals,
Disregarding the simplest act of living
to master the act of solving the enigma that doesn’t exist

Have you completely ignored the certainty?
For a possibility that there is more
More to this than what already is?
HAHA!!
Why are you hiding in the shadow?
This is it, you exist now make the most of it
Go out, live, define your own existence!
What is this desperation to belong?
Yet be different from the mass
Do you now feel cool enough?
To tag yourself as unique, educated, ENLIGHTENED!!

But hey, who am I?
Just another foolish ****
that doesn’t fit your definition of elite
Since I don’t go after the meaning,
Since I don’t think there is a greater plan
And am defining life in my own terms,
Not unique, just crazy!

-Sprishya
Sprishya Feb 2016
My mind is a tangled string that has lost its tone
No matter what note I try to play
It resonates a sad,  dark tune that only you can take away
It keeps wandering in the hopes of falling back into the simpler blissful times when the entire world existed in the cocooned comfort of your stretched arms,
Sanity lied in the pillow of your soft *****
When I found God somewhere deep in the paradise between your legs Creating waves that our entire existence depended on
Every inch of your body was poetry
The subtle curves of your waist that put every piece of art to shame
The music with every word that came out of your angelic lips that still plays in my ears sometimes,
My mind is a tangled string
No matter which end I pull it leads to a painful knot that binds me to the memories we shared
The ones we swore would always last
Time has moved on
You have moved on
But my tangled heart refuses to let go
It keeps dragging me back
To our tangled up past
(2/16/2016, Buffalo, NY)
Sprishya Sep 2013
The world seems strange
They wont get what I feel
Honestly love, I don’t care
I swear this is real

Time just flew by
But you seem the same to me
I’ve fallen for every inch of you
Fallen deeper than the deepest sea

I wish you were all mine
All mine till the end of time
You give life to my sad existence
This worthless life of mine

Please tell me you feel it too
The chills to the bone, the highest of highs
Your touch could just **** me
You kiss could make me fly

Please tell me you feel this too
I don’t care if it’s just a lie
For your touch could light all darkness
One touch and I could die.

(Kathmandu, Nepal, 9/18/13)
Sprishya Apr 2013
Time
That time yesterday
A different time today
Awaiting a better time tomorrow
Time forever
While I live
After I am dead
Its significance swallowing
The insignificance that is
My life and being,
The only significance that defines me
And yet time takes control
Leads me to this path unknown
Leaves me helpless
To figure out
If it’s time that’s destroying me
Or leaving me to shape
My future
My time
The better time that awaits
Forever in my tomorrow.

-Sprishya
Sprishya Jun 2021
If I told you I wrote this poem for you
Would you start loving me?
Craving me the way I crave you
Go insane
Live in a world where nothing else exists
Do everything to make me understand
Fail but keep trying
If I told you I wrote this poem for you
Would you instantly run into my arms?
Kiss my lips and stare at the stars
Forget the world
Forget yourself
Yet somehow remember
What I was wearing the first day we met
If I told you I wrote this poem for you
Would you spend your days thinking about me?
Coming up with excuses just to see my face
Go to the same coffee shop
Hoping for me to show up
Note down ‘dark roast, french pressed, no sugar’
Just so if the day comes
You know what I would order
If I told you I wrote this poem for you
Would you start dreaming of the future?
You know,
A small chapel by the sea
Gathered friends and family
Vows and bells
Our kid’s show and tell
A family portrait hung on the wall
If I told you I wrote this poem for you
Would you be mine forever?
And let me die in your arms
Happy and loved
If you would
Then my love
I wrote this poem for you

(Kathmandu, Nepal 12/22/2013)
Sprishya Dec 2013
If I told you I wrote this poem for you
Would you start loving me?
Craving me the way I crave you
Go insane
Live in a world where nothing else exists
Do everything to make me understand
Fail but keep trying
If I told you I wrote this poem for you
Would you instantly run into my arms?
Kiss my lips and stare at the stars
Forget the world
Forget yourself
Yet somehow remember
What I was wearing the first day we met
If I told you I wrote this poem for you
Would you spend your days thinking about me?
Coming up with excuses just to see my face
Go to the same coffee shop
Hoping for me to show up
Note down ‘Spiced latte, no sugar’
Just so if the day comes
You know what I would order
If I told you I wrote this poem for you
Would you start dreaming of the future?
A small chapel by the sea
Gathered friends and family
Vows and bells
Our kid’s show and tell
A family portrait hung on the wall
If I told you I wrote this poem for you
Would you be mine forever?
Let me die in your arms
Happy and loved
If you would
Then my love
I wrote this poem for you

(Kathmandu, Nepal 12/22/2013)
Sprishya Sep 2013
The burning cigarette and a cup of coffee
My companions again
Gloomy day
Loud traffic
Not a single pretty girl in sight
Kathmandu afternoon at its finest
Nothing to do but smoke a joint
And write this poem
My attempt at creativity
With a mind under influence
Thoughts running wild
I could start a religion
But I'll just sleep instead.

(Kathmandu, Nepal 9/1/2013)
Sprishya Nov 2014
I'll make you my muse one last time
I'll dedicate myself to you just this night
Come tomorrow I know you'll be gone
And all I'll be left with is just another sad song

But the days will go by love
I know i'll be fine
I'll learn to deal with this
Just drink my sorrow away with time

Stay happy!!

(11/18/2014 Kathmandu, Nepal)
Sprishya Aug 2012
I just fell in love,
With a pair of light brown eyes,
She is an angel

-Sprishya
Sprishya Sep 2014
The dark clouds never left
I cant seem to get rid of their shadows
A sunny day will burn my insides
With the scorching light of your memories
All I'm hoping for is a downpour
Till it floods and sweeps away the photograph
Hidden in the drawer of my heart
I close my eyes and see the smile it has captured
I smile right back
And wonder if I were to keep them shut forever
Maybe, just maybe I'd be back to those bright days
But now the flowers are all dead
the park doesn't smell of roses anymore
The soft luscious grass have turned to thorns
I still walk on it, bleeding
Tracing back my steps one ***** at a time
Hopelessly hoping that it could lead me back to you
But it won't and I know that
Do you??

(09/04/2014 Kathmandu, Nepal)
Sprishya Jun 2014
Alcohol helps
But I need you
To cure this pain  

(Kathmandu, Nepal 06/05/2014)
Sprishya Mar 2013
Let me tell you about heartbreak,
The drinking, the drugs, the promiscuity
My heartbreak,
The love I lost,
The love she found
My troubled days,
The day I found myself
Lost in this vicious circle
There’s no getting out
Take my hand and pull me out
Only you can save me now
Only you can cure this heart
For now,
Till you decide to follow
Her steps,
And I’ll find another her
Another you
To tell a tale
About my heartbreak

-Sprishya
Sprishya May 2014
Everytime I give it all
To a girl
When I feel like I’ve fallen in love
And when I feel like she feels it too
I manage to drive them away
And find myself lost
In the thought of you

The cool breeze hits directly at my heart
Its so cold in there
I’m not sure if it’s alive at all
But I tell myself it’ll be ok
While listening to a beatle’s song
It’s all lies
You have managed to change my world

Music sends a shiver down my spine
I know I’m a coward
I know I cant do things right
You’d ask ‘what would you do without me?’
I didn’t think I ‘d pick a fight
With life
And now I’m losing
But knowing that you’re happy
Still keeps me alive

(Kathmandu, Nepal 05/18/2014)
Sprishya Nov 2012
Our father who art in heaven
I want to confess
I am not me anymore
Your life has taken toll on me
This is not the life i  yearned for
I know i was meant to be different
Destined for greatness
Hatred has taken over me
Darkness is now my escape
Liberation
Forgive me
For i now believe in me
A greater being
I see in me,
The devil in me has risen
The angels are not giving a fight
I've chosen my path
I am going to be me
I leave the world behind me
For i know it will follow
I found heaven
In my sins..
Her
Sprishya Apr 2014
Her
your heart's been asking you to follow it
it says forget the light
forget the darkness
define yourself in her
her eyes and  her breath
the soul that grabs your hands
pulls you into yourself
the sun fades away
all the warmth the world needs
is in her
no life
no death
all you really need is her
the idea of her
her perfect self
bringing out the perfect you
the women you've had so far
suddenly become dust
and she becomes the universe
your satan
your god
your only salvation
your life
your existence
simply,
her.

(Kathmandu 4/11/2013... in love)
Sprishya Aug 2012
It feels like I’m drowning,
The surface seems far away,
I see flash backs,
Flash backs of you,
You holding that blue umbrella,
That flowery yellow dress,
The day I died,
The day you brought me back to life

Here I am,
Wishing you would save me again,
Reach out your hands,
Pull me out to safety,
Take me to the paradise in your eyes,
To the sanctuary in your heart,
The comfort of your touch,
Home.

-Sprishya
Sprishya May 2015
It’s ok Ma,
I’m just bleeding
But I’ve got my soul intact
I’ve got your hands to hold on to
I’ll just sleep on your lap

Ma can you see them?
It seems they’re hurt real bad
The sky fell on them
Life gave up on them
Their hopes for heaven have now all crashed

It’s ok Ma,
I don’t mind bleeding
Maybe if I bleed some more
Some of them will start breathing,
Create happiness and make memories
Instead of being on board a boat that’s sinking

But I see hope Ma
Dreams will stand
Taller than the buildings that have collapsed
Children will sleep to the sound of sweet lullabies
The cries we hear will be of joy
We’ll celebrate life again
Even in the midst of sad goodbyes

It’s not too far Ma
I can already see the sunrise
Flowers will bloom, birds will chirp
The moon will bring hope and not fear
Just sit back and be patient Ma
I promise you I’ll take us there!

(Kathmandu, Nepal 5/30/2015)
Sprishya Oct 2012
I saw the world in your eyes,
Those dreamy perfect eyes,
Soothing like the rainfall,
Yet so seductive,
Ah! Those eyes

I wasn’t me,
For you lived in me,
Running wild in my veins,
Not like a river,
But lava,
Deadly yet divine,
You could **** me,
Yet I would be saved

Don’t go away just yet,
Not until you see me,
The way I see you,
Till I run in you,
With every single breath,
Till every part of you
Is a part of me,
Till the world disappears,
Till you are me,
The way I am you.

-sprishya
Sprishya Apr 2013
Thoughts cross my mind
Good or bad
I cannot make the call
I want to change
Take control and break my fall
**** all my problems
Leave all my concerns
Set the world on fire
Sit back and watch it burn!!

-Sprishya
Sprishya Feb 2014
You weren’t just a lover
You were the one
A reflection of my entire existence
In the most enigmatic eyes
A purpose
The purpose
Not an answer
Not a question
Just you
In your form
The best one
The only one
My absolute life
Yet now a memory
A dream like last night’s
A worry stricken mind
Realizing it has nothing
Just emptiness the next morning
I hope you are ok……..

(Kathmandu, Nepal 02/06/2013)
Sprishya Sep 2014
Trying hard to fall asleep
With your picture engraved in my mind
Digging down deep to save myself
Yet willingly drowning in you
I am not looking for help
Just a way to die
With you lying by my side
Sprishya Oct 2012
I used to look at the world in a different way,
I heard music in every sound,
I saw colors even in the deepest black,
Happiness surrounded me,
I was convinced everyone was enjoying life,
Why wouldn’t they life was beautiful,
So I wrote about happiness and life

Now I sit blankly staring at the world,
What happened to the sweet music?
For all I hear is noise,
Everything around me has been painted black,
I see people suffer; Life is now their biggest fear,
Now I sit to write unable to come up with words,
I’ve lost my muse.

Sprishya
Sprishya Oct 2012
Walking around with your head held high,
Taking punches as they come,
Forgetting, letting go,
Striving to achieve your dream,
Don’t make that dream your life,
For dreams will come a many,
But life, life there is just one,
Enjoy the fall and hit rock bottom,
It’s darkest before dawn,
Try to succeed or try and fail,
But try! Trying keeps you alive,
For life is not about success,
Although success would be sweet,
But failure isn’t always bitter my friend,
For that failure becomes your comfort,
A comfort that you have faced worst days,
A reminder that there will be better days,
A reminder to just live,
To enjoy your journey to the end,
As things will fall into place,
The way they’re meant to,
So go ahead and just live your life.

-sprishya
Sprishya Feb 2016
I’ve done this a million times
But it all still seems a little strange
The grass isn’t greener on the other side
Yet something green calls this greed filled grim heart
Away from everything that I have ever loved
It’s funny how ambitions change
Now the heroes from our childhood lie
Somewhere in the depths of the dark closet
Where we have thrown our imaginations
And settled for making a living
Whatever happened to the bluebird that once sang those sweet tunes in our heads?
On our efforts to fly high, we’ve taken up a burden
A burden worth our entire life
Creativity now lies in finding a way
Not paving new paths
Caught in the middle of being “Creative”
I find myself leaving home again
I’ve done this a million times
But it all still seems a little strange
All this traveling has taken its toll on me
All the excitement is now just a pain
But I promise the next time I’m back,
I will never leave home again!!

(Shanghai, 1/15/2016)
Sprishya Feb 2016
It's never too late
It's never too early
That's the thing about life
It's never that easy
You've got to push yourself
The next milestone's not too far
You're gonna fall along the way
Just get up and cherish those scars
Things will fall into pieces
It will tear your soul apart
But as long as you've got a soul to lose
All you've got to do is hit restart
It will not be easy love
The devil will always be on your back
But as long as you've got your friends and family
Let's face it...
Life is not that sad!!!
(Kathmandu, Nepal 07/10/2015)
Sprishya Jul 2012
Surprises and challenges,
Experience that comes with your age,
Fear and laughter, Love and hate,
Other sweet contradictions called life,
Oh beautiful life!

More unpredictable in every bend,
Yet comes with a certainty to end,
Gives you wings to soar up high,
And laughs at you when you fail to fly

Becomes that helping hand in need,
Is humble, yet so full of greed,
Gives you dreams and goals you want to achieve,
Yet teaches you to accept every kind of defeat

Survival! is that really life's key?
Or is the key whatever you want your life to be?
Makes promises and gives hope that end in a strife,
Teaches you to say '**** it!' and move on with your life

A hallucinogen so intense that you actually believe,
The lies it throws at you as an excuse to live,
Oh life so beautiful, call it divine if you will,
It teaches you creation but also teaches you *******.

                                                          ­                      
                                                                ­               -Sprishya
Sprishya Aug 2012
Sometimes i wish u were here,
Helping me see things clear,
Holding my hand, encouraging me,
Kissing me, setting me free

Oh how much I wish u were here,
I used to be fearless but suddenly i am full of fear,
I feel empty inside I am not thinking straight,
I guess I'll just have to blame it on my fate

Time heals all they say,
But I'd much rather have your memories stay,
You were the best dream I ever saw,
But reality got me, grabbed me with its piercing claw.
Sprishya May 2013
The sun is shining
Birds chirping their way to joy
I wish I could fly.

(May 9 2013, Los Angeles)
Sprishya Apr 2019
In another life
Maybe you'll be mine
Maybe our stars will allign
Maybe the moon will shine
Its light on what's always been there
But we could never find
Maybe the universe will guide us
Through our paths so intertwined
That we meet each other in every bend
Yet be so blind
To the signs
That we've always pushed aside
With all the excuses and the lies
That we've told the world
That we're just friends
And our friendship
Is of a different kind
Maybe at a different place
And a different time
We could fathom the possibility
Of our unity
A love so divine
It breaks all structure
Our knowledge of space and time
The society will forget
Romeo and juliet
Or Bonnie and clyde
because our love
Is more than just a cliche
We don't need to be remembered
Till the end of time
But while we're alive
We'd have each other
Through thick and thin
Through our climbs and our decline
But things don't always work out
That's just life
And in this lifetime
I couldn't be yours
But in another life
Maybe you'll be mine.
(Dallas, TX 04/21/2019)
Sprishya Aug 2013
Good night she says
The silence of the night
No people around,
No one to deal with
Just me, myself and my thoughts
I wonder if the people I saw today
Will all be alive tomorrow
Its weird this life
Unpredictably predictable
Death that is
Or life
Is death a part of life
Or life just a part of the grand finale
Death
Now I'm just tripping
I love the silence,
I love nights
I think I need a cigarette
"Good night love!!"
Please be alive tomorrow.

(Kahmandu, Nepal 8/19/13)
Sprishya Aug 2013
Your look says it all
There's no need for words
I feel it too
I know it burns
Screaming to come out
Simple words would set it free
But it's better this way
There's no need for words

Your smile says it all
There's no need for words
The doorway to your innermost secrets
I want to know it all
Those words would be heaven
Coming out of you
But it's better this way
There's no need for words.

(Kathmandu, Nepal 8/8/2013)
Sprishya Nov 2012
I want to be
Surrounded by you,
From all horizons,
Touched by you,
Feel you,
With all my senses,
Soar up high,
With you in my arms,
And stop the time,
Where I have everything,
You and Nothingness.

-Sprishya
Sprishya Aug 2013
Your kiss would do it
Just one
Is that too much?
It's all I've been waiting for
All my life
The softest touch of your soft lips
The feel of your tongue
What the universe was made for
Your kiss
Your lips pressed against mine
Ten seconds to define our entire existence
Is that too much?
Let me slow down
Forget the universe
Lets rediscover ourselves
I belong with you
You belong with me
And everything else that follows
Does that work instead?
Now about that kiss
I've craved it to a point where I ache for it
Is that too much??
Ok then let me come out straight
I think we are at a point
Where kissing is the only thing
Only sane thing that would lead to my insanity
Get me drunk enough to be sober again
Hear me out love
One kiss
That's all I ask
One kiss to save the world
For I might just lose it
But if you feel it's impossible
Then just say it's too much
And I''ll go kiss her instead.

(Kathmandu, Nepal 7/5/2013)
Sprishya Mar 2019
Though always a baby girl in my eyes,
You're going to be a woman soon
People will implicate, being a woman connotates certain social structure
Know that you can break them
Infact, make sure you break them
Don't let the brackets society puts you in,
In terms of you race, gender, religion
Ever define you
You are singular
More than just flesh and bones
A conciousness as unique as any other
The emotions you feel, the troubles you may go through
Regardless of how mundane and common it may seem
Know that it's yours.... Own it!!!
Know that it is okay to cry sometimes
Let your emotions out
Don't bottle them up,
As you go through life
There will be dark times,
Don't lose hope
That darkness is where art comes from
Always make art
Through colors,
Through words,
Through music,
Through movements,
Or sometimes just your presence
Always aim to make art
And fall in love
Get your heart broken
Embrace it
Then fall in love again,
And again
Love so ferociously
Even the sun's light may seem dim
Spill that love over to everything
And everyone
Let that love be the guiding light
To everything you ever do
I know you are just turning one
But time flies
In a blink of an eye, you'll be two
Although always a baby girl in my eyes
Darling, you'll be an incredible woman soon
(Fort Worth, TX 3/4/2019)
Sprishya Aug 2013
A group of girls pass me by
Dressed in their fancy dresses
Talking about some guy
Long island  girls I think
Do they know a different world exists
I'd rather listen to the hobo
Strumming his guitar
Singing  about his sorrows
I give him a beer to forget life
As I try to forget mine

Amtrak to philadelphia departs at 730
Platform 4 says the screen
Where are all these people traveling to?
Am I drunk?
I've only had few
What happened to the days I could drink
Am I old?
Now I'm just thinking too much
Time for another beer
"That'll be 5 bucks!"

(New York City, 6/30/2012)
Found this on my phone 8/7/13
Sprishya Oct 2017
It's like turning the lights on
On a gloomy Sunday evening
Things will **** tomorrow
But right now it's beautiful
That's what you are
BEAUTIFUL
With your white tee
Black skinny jeans
Black chucks
Tattooed arm
And a smile that has somehow
Escaped all the injustices in the world
And remains as innocent
As a veiled fantasy for him
But the horses are dead
And the prince has lost his charm
Making you settle for a bearded idea of a man
Who thinks veganism is the answer to the the world’s problems
Highlighting the soy bacon in his snap story
That runs his life
Fascinated with a make pretend world
With the skinny lattes and almond milk
An anti establishment who sees a difference
Between shopping in Walmart and Wholefoods
Points his phone to the sunset to prove
How much of an artist he is
Is art gluten free?
Or his pretentious gluten allergy
May **** him,
Maybe that's what you're into
Or maybe you've stopped looking
Maybe if you open your eyes wide enough
You'd see someone much better
I'm not saying me,
But you know,
Someone exactly like me
(Los Angeles, CA 09/30/2017)
Sprishya Nov 2012
Rising Confidence
A glass of Pinot Noir
In my drunken bliss
Sprishya Jul 2012
I hear it outside,
Falling on the tin roof,
People running from it trying to hide,
Panicking, wishing everything they owned was waterproof

Oh yes! now I know,
It's not themselves they worry for,
It's money, the riches that their expensive possessions show,
Worried, those might get ruined in this downpour

Have they forgotten i wonder,
The joy that the monsoon rain use to bring,
The goosebumps with every loud thunder,
Awaiting next morning like the first day of spring

Oh how much I wish they could see the rain,
The way I see it,  full of freedom and love,
A rhythm so soothing it heals all your pain,
Makes me feel the paradise I can otherwise only dream of

Oh rain please don't go away,
**** 'em if they hate you, I want you to stay,
Don't stop singing, keep the beat up and make us sway,
Tell us tales and keep us cool in this hot hell of a day.

-Sprishya
Sprishya Sep 2013
Somewhere in you I see the love I lost
Somewhere in you I see the love I've been aching to find
Somewhere in you I see myself happy
Free from the emotional trauma I go through everyday
A release I've been waiting for
Somewhere in you lies that touch that could make me forget
That the world exists
Where people stab each other's back just to be more comfortable
Somewhere in you I see salvation
A door into heaven where i see myself holding the hand of god
While kissing the lips of angels for eternity
Somewhere in you I see me loving you
With all my heart, caring for you
Growing old with you
Taking my last breath right next to you

Somewhere in you I see a darkness
So deep that it frightens me to explore
Somewhere in you lies the hell where I know i'll end up
Somewhere in you I see my heart destined to break again    
A painful journey that I know I'll take again
A withered tree refusing to bloom again
Somewhere in you is a knife ready to stab me
While my heart screams " no more"
Please no more
I am better off lonely
Looking at the stars and reminiscing what could've been
Somewhere in you I see a pool of tears
That I know you're gonna drown me in
While I fight for each breath,  refusing to give up
Though I might already be dead
Somewhere in you lies my deepest fear that I refuse to face
Yet every inch of me craves to be
Somewhere in you.

(Kathmandu, Nepal 9/27/13)
Sprishya Jun 2021
Have I stopped feeling?
The words don't come as easy
Have I stopped feeling?
The tears don't come as easy
Or laughter...
      Or pain....
      Or love.....
But mostly love
Hatred, I feel
Jealousy,
     Anger
Depressed
Or stagnant
Or hurt
Or
Maybe....
I
Am
Just
Bored!!
(Minneapolis, MN 6/17/21)
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