1010. The swimmer

```

There was a time

When he used to swim

In the blue-white rivers

Of Heaven.

But now he is swimming

With the shadow of despair

In the ocean

Of destruction. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 11, Agni Press, 1981
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