20. DON'T WORRY, MY FRIEND

Your vital is the victim
Of acute depression.
      Don’t worry, my friend.
I shall stay
With your depressed vital.

Your mind is the victim
Of wild frustration.
      Don’t worry, my friend.
I shall stay
With your frustrated mind.

Your heart is the victim
Of cruel desertion.
      Don’t worry, my friend.
I shall stay
With your deserted heart.

Your body is the victim
Of constant temptation.
      Don’t worry, my friend.
I shall stay
With your tempted body.
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, Part 1, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974