Ignorance

Ignorance-smile,
Yesterday
You smiled at me;
Today I am smiling at you.
Yesterday you smashed
My God-oneness pride divine.
Today I have devoured you,
My ignorance-sea,
Unconditionally,
Unreservedly
And supremely.
Sri Chinmoy, Light-Delight-Journeys, Bhakti Press, Ottawa, Canada, 1974