38. Alas

I do not think of God
    But
That is not what pains me,
    And
My heart.

I do not love God
    But
That is not what tortures me,
    And
My soul.

I am not another God.
    Alas,
That is what kills me,
My blue dream-boat
    And
My Golden Shore.
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, part 1, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974