My ego and my soul

My ego needs.
My soul has.

My ego tries.
My soul does.

My ego knows the problem that is.
My soul becomes the answer that is.

I am not alone.
Within my unlit self
My ego, my naked death.

I am not alone.
Within my snow-white heart
My soul and my Spirit's Flame.
Sri Chinmoy, AUM — Vol. 2, No. 7,8, Feb. — 27 Mar. 1967, Boro Park Printers -- Brooklyn, N. Y, 1967