45. THEN AND NOW

There was a time
When I was the sadness
  Of a saddening thought.

  There was a time
When I was the madness
  Of a maddening thought.

  But now
I am the vastness
  Of an unhorizoned thought,
I am the brightness
  Of the solar thought.
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, Part 3, Vishma Press, New York, 1974