199. I FEEL SORRY
O thought, I feel sorryThat you are suffering from fatigue.
I feel sorry, for around you is all fire.
I feel sorry, O thought,
That you are always caught
By ignorance’s chain,
By an endless strain.
I feel sorry because you are
God’s true failure
And I am doomed
Your presence black to endure.
Sri Chinmoy, A Soulful Cry Versus a Fruitful Smile, Agni Press, New York, 1977
