22. Each birthday

```

Each birthday

Of an unaspiring man

Is the destruction-dance of death.

Each birthday

Of an aspiring man

Is the ever-increasing Satisfaction-Smile of God

In His Vision's self-transcendence height. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The Silence-Song, Agni Press, 1975
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/sls