267. HIS DAYS SLIP BY

All his days slip by
  In lethargy-black.
All his days slip by
  In incapacity-brown.
All his promise-joy slips by
  In oblivion-swoon.
Yet he cherishes the expectancy
  Of God’s arrival.
Sri Chinmoy, Transcendence-Perfection, Agni Press, New York, 1975