194. There was a time

There was a time
    When I
Was a dreamer of dreams.
But now I am a lover of realities.

There was a time
    When I
Killed God with my venom-doubts.
But now I kill God
With my love-fire.

There was a time
    When I
Was ignorant of the life of nectar-sea.
But now I have become
Within and without
Infinity’s Nectar-Sea.
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, part 4, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973