3409. I keep my eyes open

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I keep my ears shut

So that I can escape

The wild gossip of the world.

I keep my eyes open

So that I can feast

On nature’s perennial beauty.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 35, Agni Press, 1982
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