11. In the core of Silence

Yes, I was deported
To a distant
Land uncharted
By the eyeless hunger of ignorance-sea.
A wait-and-see attitude
Failed
To breathe within my
Reality’s throes.
Burning with impatience-noon
My dauntless vital horse
Freed me from the sea
Of ignorance unplumbed.
And now, here I remain,
Here
In the snow-capped core of
Silence,
Alone, all alone, unchallenged,
Triumphant,
Eternity’s pride, Lord eternal
Supreme.
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, part 1, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973