291. O LIGHT OF COMPASSION

O Light of Compassion,
Your miracle-breath
  Is spreading smiling fragrance.
Tomorrow without fail
    I shall win the tug-of-war
Against ignorance-night.
  Why?
Just because today You have claimed me
  As Your very own;
Just because today I have claimed You
  As my very own,
O Light of Compassion.
Sri Chinmoy, Transcendence-Perfection, Agni Press, New York, 1975