2. WHEN I SAID TO GOD

When I said to God,
“God, I shall leave You,”
A look of pain crossed His beautiful Face.

When I said to God,
“God, I shall stay with You
No matter what You do to me,”
God jumped up out of His Throne,
   Gave me His Throne,
   Gave me His Crown,
   Gave me His Heart,
   Gave me His All
      And said
   I was not only a son of His
      And
   A vision-fulfilling reality of His
      But
   His Eternity’s All.
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, Part 18, Vishma Press, New York, 1974