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186 · Nov 2023
Live for yourself
Druzzayne Rika Nov 2023
You live, I live,
Not for anyone else.

We breathe air
Not borrowed from anyone.

not debtors or creditors,
we are free to live as we feel.

We were destined to come
learn the lessons
Because we are the blessed ones,
Seeing the changes come
Be loved by none
We come and go alone.

Our time here is a short span
our lifeline is much bigger than the deadline.
Let's remove the unresolved dependency of others,
There is no reason to carry the burden
And make the shoulders numb.

It's time we stop searching for higher purpose
And live in the moment here and now
deal with problems as they come.
185 · Mar 2021
Hollow heart
Druzzayne Rika Mar 2021
Huge chunk of my heart is missing,

What is it that is still beating?
183 · Aug 2020
Stick to the light
Druzzayne Rika Aug 2020
Of people that matter
  and the paper that glitters
Perceive the light around you,
     there are dark corners, every corner
But stick to the bright rays within,
    they'd guide you every way and between.
182 · Sep 2023
Late night chats
Druzzayne Rika Sep 2023
It's getting late
late hours and I still don't close my eyes
I still wait for the chat to die
it keeps coming, back and forth
It's morning five
the sleepless night
An hour for day to break
My eyes remain awake.
180 · Nov 2023
Still heart
Druzzayne Rika Nov 2023
Ambient light
What a delight
I need to run across the field
It is the only way to get the rush feel
Otherwise my heart goes completely still.
180 · Aug 2017
how they matter
Druzzayne Rika Aug 2017
People seek attention
because they need someone
that care ,
a reason to be ,
their absence , presence
to make significant difference .
If not given enough
they'll dig a hole
to get some ,
constantly ask for assurance
of how they matter .
179 · Jan 30
I rise
I'm starting to feel my age,
A quiet calm upon life's stage.
With steady work, I earn my wage,
It's not all over my life anymore,
I am not someone I abhor.
And though some problems still remain,
I find solutions, ease away the pain.
Leave some places to get to,
Yet some progress sees me through.
No looming dread to seize the day,
Just gratitude for what's my way.
I see the good fortunes others hold,
The stories of many successes unfold,
And though my path may not be grand,
Contentment rests within my hand.
I may not have the glittering prize,
But joy and peace light up my eyes
I wish to feel this everyday as I rise.
179 · Apr 2024
Level up
Druzzayne Rika Apr 2024
One day I'll learn, it all comes clear,
What purpose did my actions bear?
Was it trivial, a fleeting trace?
The worries that clouded my mental space?

Perhaps it all connected unseen,
A beautiful pattern, a vibrant sheen.
Destiny's a game, the path unclear,
But like leaves changing hues, the answer will appear.

Hold your horses, calm your mind's rage,
There's mercy in time, wisdom on each page.
Level up your perspective, find a new sight,
Embrace the journey, bathed in golden light.
179 · May 2021
Three minutes and
Druzzayne Rika May 2021
here comes the midnight
or the dark morning.
178 · Apr 2020
Battle ahead
Druzzayne Rika Apr 2020
there is light at the end
But I am blinded before
I see darkness around
Shadows dragging me down

When will this end
How long to wait
Patience is dying breed
Time stops as I bleed
The floor is pristine white

The numbers are multiplying
The news is devastating
I am at my home
Trying to catch my breath

Neighbours are distant
Four feet away is miles apart
My phone rings on
This life is breath-taking
I am zoned out

The doors are locked
The empty streets and fridge
There is no more than eyes meet
The same music on repeat.

It is spreading like wildfire
Precious lives are in danger
Difficult times ahead
No one is prepared
Hoping to give a tough fight.
177 · Jun 2024
Conditional design
Druzzayne Rika Jun 2024
World's on mute, stuck on replay,
A hazy dream where thoughts decay.
Words get caught on a tangled tongue,
Stuck in slow-mo, everything's sprung.

This tangled mess, a constant drag,
Reality's a one-way lag.
Roots keep tripping, memories blur,
Like a glitching screen, all askew.

Flashes of visions, a fractured show,
Lost in the static, nowhere to go.
Excluded, a glitch in the grand design,
An empty shell with a hollow whine.
177 · May 2021
when?
Druzzayne Rika May 2021
For if only this is the beginning,
then how will it end?
175 · Nov 2024
Worlds apart
Druzzayne Rika Nov 2024
Oh, hearts so close, yet worlds apart,
Thoughts whispered softly, a work of art.
Differing views, like stars that shine,
Each soul unique, a treasure mine.

To share my thoughts, a leap of faith,
A vulnerable soul, in nature's wraith.
Your words so casual, yet meanings deep,
A hidden sorrow, a silent weep.

I filter words, with care and grace,
To mend the world, and find my place.
Yet minds may differ, like distant shores,
Each soul a mystery, forevermore.

A frequency gap, a silent plea,
To connect with hearts, wild and free.
Beneath the surface, a hidden strife,
Are we as saintly as we claim our life?
172 · Oct 2023
Saturn Gaze
Druzzayne Rika Oct 2023
Saturn's gaze, my heart ablaze,
I fit nowhere, my pant size a haze.
Oversized coat for undersized heart,
Drum beats pounding, sleep a distant start.
171 · Mar 10
Plight of flight
I have everything, yet yearning for more
Life is full of opportunities, yet there is no score
Empathetic with others, I have too much already
Should I hope for surplus, or be happy to have my feet steady
I am privileged, yet should my dream soar in the sky?
It's inner dilemma, nothing is going wrong, but I just won't fly
169 · Sep 2024
Empires
Druzzayne Rika Sep 2024
The seemingly universe is listening
Say it with faith, it's keenly being
talk through the words, and thoughts
they are all around to hear your whispers

My affirmation flows, the day goes
I am like a mountain, my eyes on grain
I am stronger than appear
Good things are in store

I'd grow much taller, go beyond my limits
The stream of thoughts are windier
I am flowing along with the wind
Spin new changes, but I am grounded in me
I have a super power, the belief in just me
I'd do great, in each and every thing I pick
So is my belief, so I would believe

The universe is a fraction of my mind
I build empires, I have all of the power.
168 · May 2021
Self worth, questions
Druzzayne Rika May 2021
How to quantify my worth?

by how people value me,
or by the contribution I made in my eternity,
or all the intentions hidden from you,
by my every thoughts I have ever had,
or can I by my social media presence,
or by counting tears when I die.

Am I even worthy enough?

I may look tough
but I do not know
what you think of me
or you and your worth
do not matter to me at all?

Do you know your worth?

Am I asking the wrong questions?
but I do not seem to care,
not at present when I am in trance
I was always born to die,
I have done less than what roses do
in their lifetime.

Am I worthless in the face of world?
167 · Jun 2023
Exercise
Druzzayne Rika Jun 2023
I think you should show your teeth,
Open them wide, for me to see
Please follow through,
And stretch your lips wide towards extremes
Stretch it horizonally
Keep it the way for as long you can hold


Now if you do follow through my instructions
then tell me one thing,
what are you smiling at?
It is not a funny thing on internet
But just an exercise to check
if your lips can excercise.
165 · Dec 2020
I share my bits to you
Druzzayne Rika Dec 2020
Spending more and more time with the ones I don't know
will not anyday meet
I feel freedom to express me
in the ways I could never perceive
To the ones who know me, my name
I can't tell them the same,
Things I share with you.
161 · Feb 2021
Sunk
Druzzayne Rika Feb 2021
How do I not
sink in
drown in the sea
of sadness
161 · May 2023
Windchimes
Druzzayne Rika May 2023
It came like a windchime in windy night,
A soft and gentle sound,
A whisper in the darkness,
A breath of hope.

It came like a warm embrace,
A feeling of peace,
A comfort in the storm,
A hand to hold.

It came like a ray of sunshine,
A break in the clouds,
A hope for tomorrow,
A light in the darkness.

It came like a song,
A melody of joy,
A reminder of beauty,
A reason to smile.

It came like a dream,
A vision of possibility,
A glimpse of what could be,
A reminder that anything is possible.

It came like a gift,
A blessing from above,
A miracle in the making,
A reason to be grateful.

It came like a whisper,
A gentle reminder,
That everything is going to be okay,
That you are not alone.

It came like a friend,
A shoulder to cry on,
An ear to listen,
A hand to hold.

It came like love,
A feeling of warmth,
A sense of belonging,
A reason to live.

It came like hope,
A light in the darkness,
A reason to keep going,
A reason to believe.

But why do I
feel like it came to me, and it is now gone again.
160 · Apr 2024
Red wrapping
Druzzayne Rika Apr 2024
Packages arrive, a scent of dreams unfurled,
The world spins on, secrets tightly curled.
Whispers of truth, in wrappings they disguise,
Promises gleam, beneath deceptive skies.

Like wishes granted on a winter's night,
Deliveries dance, bathed in fleeting light.
Clues unfold, a trail of hopeful signs,
News glimmers bright, where fortune aligns.
157 · Jun 1
Image
On an empty canvas
i slowly draw an outline of me
but I disappear within those lines
and the border are no longer
who I am

Transforming
ever changing
Free me if you have captured
a photo of me
Kept me in your memory
I am caged there
awaiting to be released

It's what we tend to do
Keep hostages of past selves
We don't see how it is now
The jigsaw which fitted yesterday
is missing pieces today.
156 · Mar 16
Out of range
there are not enough words there to articulate
but listen closely to what I am about to say
I feel crushing pangs of sadness inside my heart
and there is no fathomable cause for it to hurt
There is nothing that is so deeply wounding in life
I am solemnly waiting, for answers for my feelings
Contemplating how to piece and what to change
The thoughts go everywhere, solution out of range.
156 · Nov 2024
comes around
Druzzayne Rika Nov 2024
What he eats, he becomes,
we see ruthlessness, what is in the stomach?
Killing kindness, the kind of vile violence,
the pain in our eyes, it was in their eyes.
Killed collective consciousness
be prepared what comes next,
What we sow, we reap
it feels like a clean sweep.
154 · Apr 2021
what a fool I am
Druzzayne Rika Apr 2021
Last year's April looking me in the eye
where did all the days go by
151 · Sep 2020
Drug
Druzzayne Rika Sep 2020
Am i a drug,
People just continue to use me.
149 · Sep 2024
Calling
Druzzayne Rika Sep 2024
it's the personal growth, an intangible line
it's the spiritual aspect, quite hidden in confine
what you see and believe, it's what we call reality
can you judge yourself on the same parity
Eyes open and close, find the true calling
In the intent, bring about prosperity in purity
Some days are dull, some days are brighter
let the soul be shining, bringing the light through it all.
147 · Jun 2023
Global warming
Druzzayne Rika Jun 2023
The Earth was green, the Earth was warm,
Then came the man, with fuel and farm.
He cut the trees, he filled the sky
With smoke and heat, and so we die.

The world is hot, the world is dry,
The polar caps are melting high.
The sea is rising, cities drown,
And we are left to stand around.
It is hotter than usual
146 · Nov 2024
it's all algorithm
Druzzayne Rika Nov 2024
I am reduced to a category
in the digital lifestyle.
The big giants govern me
Try tricks to entice me
To make it seems savoury
Feed me with bits that will modify me.
AI, advertisements and data,
they'll come together for business
Reduce me to a row of my criteria
They will see they can manipulate
with the day and time of my play.
They know exactly how I will simulate
At the least they have me ready
with the sentiment and numbers to calculate,
And it is only starting to be integrated.
Soon, the super intelligence would rule,
Being omniscient and omnipresent,
A new god on cue.
145 · Jun 2020
Always
Druzzayne Rika Jun 2020
I remember him every day
Not just some sunday.
143 · May 2023
Them dreamers
Druzzayne Rika May 2023
The dreams, them long forgotten kept beneath everything that keeps happening all around.
The walls are being pushed, there is not enough on the ground.
If all that matters in the world is sustaining, fulfilling ambitions will never be good
Everyone seems to be chasing something, money, power and kind
It won't matter much if the efforts are ill-timed.
The moving art, it is not respite but a major struggle,
There is no one who cares about it at all.
143 · Jul 2
East
It's like the little mind inside me
Minds not about my inner well being
Will stress for the things which are not in my hands
I will be worried about things not that significant
I'd be in my own world of misery
A beautiful creation of mine
Tearing into my ideas, destruction and the rot

It is just a small aspect where I got a setback
It could not have been the end of the world
But here we go into deep dissection
Let's find the reason which are unreasonable
Every person is distinct, their story to in some intersection
I have to be mindful of mine and them
Not everything has to be so serious

I feel the calmness, it is intrinsic within me
There is no doubt deep within, I know everything is transient
And need to be set free
This little mind is not mindful of bigger things
This is a step, the journey yet incomplete
World rotates, So do everyone
It's moving always, the sun shines back in the east.
142 · Jun 17
Emotional oversight
You got a good name, good height, everything alright
What you turned inside, is emotional oversight
Incredibly twisted, any word is tiring
You overthink everything like you are competing.

Competition is with whom, the older you?
The truth is so loud, but sometimes beyond true!
Because the complexity turned infinity
With all unreleased sores, you choose indefinitely.

Picking apart all the plucked up parts
You dream of designs something off the charts
The reality hits, stings incomprehensibly
This danger looms always grievously.

Seriously you have bright future, but you wear shades
So everything you see is dark tinted
So much for innovation, the heart finds problems
We will always think about unused items.
141 · Apr 2021
Replaceable
Druzzayne Rika Apr 2021
A birdie flew away,
another birdie flew towards
to sit on the same spot
on the tree now
141 · Oct 2024
Saintly cap
Druzzayne Rika Oct 2024
Thoughts, like whispers in the wind,
Sometimes carry burdens, hard to mend.
We speak our words, yet meanings bend,
For hearts and minds don't always blend.

To share one's thoughts, a risk it seems,
A vulnerability that often gleams.
Yet, honesty sometimes beams,
Like stars that shine, yet distant dreams.

We filter words, a calculative art,
To shield our souls, to manipulate each part.
But in our minds, a world apart,
A different truth, a separate start.

How can we bridge this frequency gap,
And find a way to truly grasp
The hidden depths and the monstrous scraps,
That lies beneath our saintly cap?
140 · Aug 2020
Away from this
Druzzayne Rika Aug 2020
How do i leave this world,
Yet live in it?
139 · Oct 2023
Restart
Druzzayne Rika Oct 2023
It's always at parting
Suddenly you become important
While you struggled everyday before
Nobody seems to care to
Check on you
Now you are a shiny toy
People poke in to
Check on you
Going away to another part
Want you to stop,
when you want to restart.
137 · Jul 2024
Generation of AI
Druzzayne Rika Jul 2024
AI has taken over
it surround us
in the playground of ours
amongst us

Torrential purpose
we don't realise
what more it can do

Generative AI
playing with our data
It ruins us
we consume it
believe over human
Interactive device
we can't tell if it start lies.

What of it, one day it will beat us
What of it, it takes over our independence
and we won't be able to tell
because of our dependence.
137 · May 2024
Adulting
Druzzayne Rika May 2024
At this age adulting is just
stopping yourself from quitting
right this moment.
135 · Apr 2023
Muse
Druzzayne Rika Apr 2023
You are my muse,
The singular memory I choose,
My heart seems to refuse
to leave you as an entity to use,
My imagination keeps you
in place, I keep recreating
fantasies to replay
A different energy infused.
134 · May 22
Lines in the skies
Fresh in the winds,
They are the eyes of the skies.
Look at the signs,
They have narratives to devise.
Candour in their guise,
Across the obvious divide.
Matters of valour, revised.
In the hindsight, there linger problems.
For the network, it is without the borders,
An influence, a spectacle, the scrollers.
Make the best of the data hoarders.
Grave advantage, grace in their claim.
Some signalling, reckoning,
We shaped what you find.
Supreme reach in the night,
It's the truth that flies.
So tomorrow, to see the revise,
You will deem this will lead to paradise.
But needless to say, no solace,
For who fragments peace on Earth.
133 · Mar 2024
Us
Druzzayne Rika Mar 2024
Us
In the cadence of a chai-stained dream,
Are you the spice that lingers, or a fleeting sugar high?
Will this yearning ripen into a love supreme,
Or fade like a forbidden beneath a starlit sky?

The ancient verses whisper on the wind, they say,
"Can even the Himalayas predict the monsoon's sway?"
A tempest of emotions, a monsoon in my heart,
Why this chasm between us, where two souls can't quite start?

You, a valley lush with melody, your voice a cascading stream,
And I, a concrete jungle yearning for a wilder theme.
Would you bloom in the chaos, this urban symphony?
For I confess, my darling, I am a creature of dependency.

In hushed tones, beneath the city's gentle hum,
I crave the rhythm of your being, a thrum against my own drum.
Let our bodies be the bridge, hearts whispering in the near,
For in this closeness, darling, all distance disappears.
132 · Jul 2023
Cut em off
Druzzayne Rika Jul 2023
All *******,
All the time,
To things I adore,
To things I abhor,
I want to be liberated,
I want to be set free,
These bondages,
I am all *******,
Now is the time,
I know it is
Make a tear
Tear away
It is only once
The courage
To lose.
130 · Oct 2024
what about now?
Druzzayne Rika Oct 2024
Maybe I'll die tomorrow,
but I am worried about the event next month.
128 · Nov 2024
Divine inspiration
Druzzayne Rika Nov 2024
Ecstasy feeling
it's cut-cutting through me
It's like getting everything
a divine inspiration.

Greater than the sound
It's filling me loud
contemplating about going
a complete surrender
It's going to stop now.
Going upwards.
125 · Apr 27
Way forward
Paralyzed by the unknown, lost in shadow, how can I find the fissure where light might pierce this gloom? It presses in – a void that steals the air, leaving me breathless in the emptiness. Doubt, a fragile seed, sprouts even here in the suffocating dark. Where is the conduit for truth? How can it be brought forth? Is the only passage forged in fire? Must I consume myself, offer my own being as the flame, hoping its sacrifice illuminates the way forward?
Druzzayne Rika Jun 2023
With changing tides, I've been changing minds
A distant thought, my mind is on you
I missed your birthday today,
It's been happening every year
I wish you the good,
Health and wise.

Sometimes it becomes hotter in here
The air is thick with memories
Of days gone by,
When we were close,
And I could hold you near

But now you're far away
And I'm not sure if you still care
I've been trying to reach out
But you're not responding

I don't know what to do
I'm lost and confused
I just wish I could talk to you
And clear the air

But for now, I'll keep wishing you well
And hoping that one day
We'll be able to reconnect
And pick up where we left off

Sometimes it becomes hotter in here
But I'll keep going
Because I know that one day
The air will clear
And I'll be able to breathe again
.
120 · Mar 2018
the end of lies
Druzzayne Rika Mar 2018
Coming soon
the remaining truth
its knocking doors
lookout
Spot them
They're right in front
119 · Aug 2020
We are making history
Druzzayne Rika Aug 2020
The lives we are leading right now
being at the home,
being at the heart,
cherishing little things
when world is falling apart
we are making history,
we need to be there for everybody
uplift everyone
common, poor, needy and hungry
from calamity after calamity
save the economy, the country
contribute to the best efforts
Be the survivor of twenty-twenty.
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