When!
Five years have laboured in a secret light    To build her outer form.
The child on a seat with a back on which to lean
    Sudden a pressure storm
Stupendous She feels on her body's little crown.
    Too strong yet a deep delight,
The pressure immeasurable of brooding earth
    Seeking the end of its night.
Sri Chinmoy, The Mother of the Golden All, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Press, Pondicherry, 1974
