36. Without Thee

To think without Thee
    Is to cry.

To see without Thee
    Is to sigh.

To work without Thee
    Is to fail.

To rest without Thee
    Is to die.

I know, I know,
    Yet
I fail to practise.
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, part 5, Sri Chinmoy Lighthouse, New York, 1974