768. EARTH-TIME, HEAVEN-TIME

When earth-time sings,
I cry and cry.
I have failed, and no time is left.
  When Heaven-time sings,
I cry and cry.
True, I have failed
And I am extremely tired,
      But
Cruel Heaven-time
Neither discharges me
Nor grants me any rest.
Sri Chinmoy, Europe-Blossoms, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974