2.
Yes, I was deportedTo a distant
Land uncharted
By the eyeless hunger of ignorance-sea.
A wait-and-see attitude
    Failed
To breathe within my
Reality’s throes.
Burning with impatience-noon
My dauntless vital horse
Freed me from the sea
Of ignorance unplumbed.
And now, here I remain
    Here
In the snow-capped core of
Silence,
Alone, all alone, unchallenged
    Triumphant,
Eternity’s pride, Lord eternal
Supreme.
Sri Chinmoy, AUM — Vol. 8, No. 7, February 1973, AUM Centre Press, 1973