109. MY HEART

My immature heart
Tells me to see the faces
  Of divided lives.

  My mature heart
Tells me to see the soul
  Of an undivided Reality.

  My failure-heart
Tells me to touch the feet
  Of death.

  My victory-heart
Tells me to clasp the eyes
  Of surrender.
Sri Chinmoy, Europe-Blossoms, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974