49. The hour
The hour cameBut I forgot to invoke God.
Therefore bondage remained my life.
The hour comes
But I forget to love life.
Therefore helplessness is my other name.
The hour shall come
But I shall forget to become God’s Silence-seed.
Therefore I shall fail to measure
God’s Sound-birth.
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, part 7, Vishma Press, 1974
