The flame of aspiration
The wings of my longings are undone,    All my desires are hushed.
The flame of aspiration shines—
    Smiles now my heart abashed
To feel the Formless in Form divine,
    To see nought save the One
That, neither male nor female, yet
    Broods ever, our Parent-sun.
Sri Chinmoy, God’s Glance and God’s Grace, Agni Press, 2006