45. Then and now

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There was a time

When I was the sadness

Of a saddening thought.

There was a time

When I was the madness

Of a maddening thought.

But now

I am the vastness

Of an unhorizoned thought,

I am the brightness

Of the solar thought.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,The Golden Boat, part 3, Vishma Press, New York, 1974
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