24.
The seeker says to impurity:"Impurity,
There shall come a time
In my life
When I shall swim and swim
In my heart's
Sleeplessly running
Purity-river
Towards the enlightenment-sea
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.
And what you will do then?
You will be drowning
And drowning
And finally sinking
In the abysmal abyss
Of darkest inconscience-night!"
Sri Chinmoy, Impurity: the mad elephant mental asylum, Agni Press, 1994