331. WHICH SIDE TO TAKE

Night warns us
Of light’s exaggerated claims
      And
Impossible dreams.

  Light reminds us
Of night’s ignorance-poison
      And
Destruction-prison.

      Alas,
Our unawakened life
Knows not which side to take.
Sri Chinmoy, Europe-Blossoms, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974