31. Alas

You are a complicated man;
Therefore
I do not go near you,
Alas!

He is a shallow man;
Therefore
I do not go near him,
Alas, alas!

I am an uncultured man;
Therefore
You two do not come near me,
Alas, alas, alas!
Sri Chinmoy, When I left God in Heaven, Bhakti Press, Ottawa, Canada, 1975