40. MY BONDS ARE BROKEN

My earth-bonds are snapped;
  Therefore
I can go to Heaven
And rest and dream.

My Heaven-bonds are severed.
This realisation has dawned on me
In my own way;
  Therefore
I can go to earth
To please my Lord Supreme —
To please Him
In His own Way,
Unlike the Heaven-hungry souls.
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, Part 12, Agni Press, New York, 1974