Transcendence-perfection

1 November 1977 was the second anniversary of Sri Chinmoy's monumental poetry-achievement, Transcendence-Perfection, a book of 843 poems written within a twenty-four hour span. The following poems are from that book

I can only promise

I can promise
To be sincere;
But sweet Lord,
It is You alone
Who have to make me sincere.

I can promise
To be good;
But beloved Lord,
It is You alone
Who can and will
Make me eternally and supremely good.