25. What else can poor God do?

His dark insincerity
Is as deep as man’s weakness.
Yet God loves him.
What else can poor God do?

His fleeting sincerity
Is as shallow as man’s goodness.
Yet God loves him.
What else can poor God do?

His dreaming perfection
Is as impossible as man’s immortality.
Yet God loves him.
What else can poor God do?
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, part 8, Vishma Press, New York, 1974