17. Your Presence and absence

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Lord, since You know

That Your Presence is my

Himalayan delight,

Why don’t You come to me

More often?

Lord, since You know

That Your absence

Is my oceanic sorrow,

Why don’t You tell me

Why You are quite often,

In season and out of season,

Absent?

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From:Sri Chinmoy,The Golden Boat, part 8, Vishma Press, New York, 1974
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