243. Father and daughter
To love You, Father,I have discarded
My arrows of desire.
"Thank you, daughter."
To please You, Father,
I have stopped eating
With ignorance-life.
"Thank you, daughter."
To become inseparably one with You,
I am challenging
The pride of my brooding night.
"Thank you, daughter."
Sri Chinmoy, Three hundred sixty-five Father's Day prayers, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974