Left To Myself

Left to myself,

I would once more become

A perfect slave

To my desiring life.

Left to myself,

I would once more become

A good friend

Of my sleeping body.

Left to myself,

I would once more deeply appreciate

My attacking vital.

Left to myself,

I would once more become

An ardent admirer

Of my doubting mind.

Left to myself,

I would once more helplessly cry

With my weeping heart.

Left to myself,

I would once more deliberately ignore

My in illumining soul.

Left to myself,

I would once more remain away,

Far away,

From the ever-blessing Hands

Of my Beloved Supreme.

But oh, I cannot do that.

I shall not do that.

I shall always remain

In the Heart of my Beloved Supreme.

I shall always remain

At the Feet of my Beloved Supreme.

I shall always remain with the Vision

Of my Beloved Supreme.

I shall always remain for the Manifestation

Of my Beloved Supreme.

Him to please in His own Way,

I shall become

An ever-climbing tree;

I shall become

An ever-inspiring flower;

And I shall become

An ever-nourishing fruit.

25 September 1980