109. My heart

My immature heart
Tells me to see the faces
Of divided lives.

My mature heart
Tells me to see the soul
Of an undivided Reality.

My failure-heart
Tells me to touch the feet
Of death.

My victory-heart
Tells me to clasp the eyes
Of surrender.
Sri Chinmoy, Europe-Blossoms, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974