A Yawning Gulf

A yawning gulf between
The place I love to live and the place I live.
I love to live under the vault of heaven.
Alas, my existence lives
In the valley of the shadow of death.
Peace has escaped my remembrance;
Delight, too.

But I know a swing of the pendulum
Will change my face and fate.
My surrender supreme
Shall marry my dream-boat
With my reality-shore.

Excerpt from “The Dance of Life Part 2” by  Sri Chinmoy

Copyright © Sri Chinmoy 1975

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