Hope-boat and life-boat
My hope-boat is plyingBetween uncertainty and frustration.
My thought-boat is plying
Between disaster and destruction.
My will-boat is plying
Between silence and sound.
My life-boat is plying
Between beauty’s Shore and duty’s Goal.
Sri Chinmoy, Beyond Within — A collection of writings 1964-1974, Agni Press, 1975