178. I LIVED IN A CAGE
For a long timeI lived in a cage.
I read Eternity’s life-illumining page.
I felt the stark penury
Of human existence-night.
Therefore I unified
Earth’s excruciating pangs
And Heaven’s all-illumining delight,
Founded upon all-giving selfless light.
Sri Chinmoy, A Soulful Cry Versus a Fruitful Smile, Agni Press, New York, 1977
