Delayed arrival

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Death, I do not deny

That I have badly disappointed you.

I have been delaying and delaying my arrival.

But you can easily forgive me

Because my mother,

My father, my brother,

My sister and many

Bosom friends of mine

Have committed suicide.

They came to you;

They entered into your Hall

Long before they were due.

I am sure their early arrival

Can stand against my late arrival.

"You fool, they came in

Before I had invited them.

They were unpardonable intruders.

Never do I forgive such intruders,

Nor does God forgive these life-takers.

I have thrown

The members of your family

And your friends

Into the lowest hell,

Far below your imagination's flight.

Ceaseless torture

Has embraced them.

"I give you my first and last

Piece of advice:

Never take your life away,

Never!

"Although in your case the time has

already expired,

And in spite of my immediate need

And demand for your presence,

I am ready to wait for you

Indefinitely!" ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The silence of death, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973
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