611. Daughter, such a long delay

"Daughter, such a long delay.
How do you account for it?"
I am embarrassed, Father.
I was having a heart-to-heart talk
With ignorance-night.
"Ignorance-night?
God bless you,
Since I dare not bless you."
Sri Chinmoy, Europe-Blossoms, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974