38. Alas

```

I do not think of God

But

That is not what pains me,

And

My heart.

I do not love God

But

That is not what tortures me,

And

My soul.

I am not another God.

Alas,

That is what kills me,

My blue dream-boat

And

My Golden Shore. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The Golden Boat, part 1, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974
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