17.

My Lord Supreme,
I am at the mercy
of life-force and death-force.
When I am in Heaven, after some time the life-force brings me down to earth to enjoy the power of sound.
And when I am on earth, after some time the death-force pulls me up to Heaven to enjoy the beauty of silence.
Can You not find a third place for me where I can live permanently and independently and where I can be eternally beyond the hunger-satisfaction of both life-force and death-force?

— Sunil Davidson