268. I SHALL NOT DIE
O Lord Supreme, I am your course,   You are my source.
I am your gloom
   In your heart-room.
Alas, I enjoy death-doom.
   Therefore illumination-room
   Is still a far cry,
But I shall not die.
Sri Chinmoy, A Soulful Cry Versus a Fruitful Smile, Agni Press, New York, 1977
