22. Father and son
Father, emptiness on Your Face.How can I bear it?
Son, fruitlessness in your heart.
How can I bear it?
Father, I am sorry that I have
disappointed You.
Son, I am sorry that I have not appointed you
As a world-lover,
As a world-sufferer,
As a world-liberator.
Sri Chinmoy, When I left God in Heaven, Bhakti Press, Ottawa, Canada, 1975