768. I escaped

I escaped
From the Embrace of God.

I escaped
From the sea of ignorance.

I escaped
From the perdition of despair.

I escaped
From the den of destruction.

I know not why.
I know not how.

And now I see,
No escape, no escape.
I am caught by my own
Choice of freedom.
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, part 16, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973