Empty your soul,
Let go of everything,
This city glows when the cold wind blows,
And this river does not stop flowing,
Bellowing misery, I see lunatics demanding Gods to take them back to childhood or to prosperity
The bliss of not knowing what life is
We just want to be happy
Breaking the silence - the altars scream
"There's nothing behind us, no gates we see,
Before us there's you and only you we believe"
So lift your knees off the ground, let your feet kiss the earth beneath you
Stand still,
Let us mourn for the flowers we murdered for our love to bloom
This world is beyond the reach of your senses
So am I
I love that you don't get me, that is my disease
Streaming down my eyes, my memories
Swimming in the pool of your conscience,
I die
- Atript Abhinav

How do I tell you what you mean to me?
A flower that bloomed in the terrain land,
The only beauty I see and you are that
So small it is but so tall it stands,
The only life I see and you are that
Every winter I look at the morning dew shining on the dying leaves,
Only hope there is and you are that
When you come close to me,
When you touch me,
When our eyes meet
And when the words you speak fly into my ears,
My heart jumps with joy like a bee in an orchard,
So less it can take but everything it wants and I become that
- Atript Abhinav

Eyes on The Horizon - Atript Abhinav
Walk the earth,
Like an artist auctioning his masterpiece for charity
Like an independent woman marking her existence in the society
Like a man of integrity boasting about everything he has achieved
Like morning dew shining on a barren field
Like a mother watching her children standing up on their feet
Like a rooster who believes that the sunlight depends on him
Like the son of a man who never traded his soul for money
Like a father of the soldier who died for his country
Like a bird on its flight across the sea
Like an athlete flaunting his trophy
Like an atheist who proved to the world that gods don't exist
Like a writer who changed the world with his beliefs
Like an actor who earned his popularity
Like a musician upon realizing that his music will echo till eternity
Like a Pashtun girl who broke the silence and refused to be a victim
Like a warrior who chose to lose than quit

Why was it kept away, my love
This shirt, with love you sew,
So thick was that veil, my love,
This love i did not know,

Lost in the forest of greed I was,
That is where my sickness grew,
So bright were the colors of vain, my love
That is where your death bloomed

You've been through so much, so much alone,
I was not there, I know
A little bit of you is all that I have
This shirt, with love you sew

Still pictures of my dreams that now make no sense to me, filled the space in between me and the rest,
If I was there when you needed me, would fate be the same?

"I will return someday"
The promise I made
But 'someday' never came,
Buried deep in my memories,
She lost herself trying to find me,
16 winters did she wait
But 'someday' never came

So love today,
The lesson learnt late,
Don't let life teach you that,
Life doesn't know the easy way,
Don't let fate break your heart

She's gone too far, too far I know
She is never coming home
That shirt draped over my cold soul,
This life I wait alone

-Atript Abhinav

I haven't been to India yet
But I think India has come to me

Very talented students
Loving families

Krishna with the Gopi girls
Singing blissfully

Shiva and his terrible dance
But also dancing joyfully

I was a tutor for awhile
The school called Madame Curie

Very, very impressive
Still not sure what I did see

Abhiram and Abhinav
Best wishes to you from me

The Madame Curie School
Abhiram and Abhinav
            I listen

I was working as an English tutor
She said, You like the arts

This indeed is true
Especially the spiritual parts

Moby **** in literature
Bob Dylan in folk music

Mark Rothko in painting
I cannot refuse it

My students were from India
Abhinav and Abhiram

Very, very talented
Like Thich Nhat Hanh from Vietnam

My childhood in Asia
Might be coming back

I want to see Fantasia
I plan my next attack