Ignorance
Ignorance-child of mine,Millions and billions and trillions
Of miles you have covered with me.
Are you not tired?
I think you really are.
Let me walk alone for a while.
I assure you,
If and when I reach
My salvation-liberation-
realisation-perfection-goal,
I shall definitely come back to you
To feed you,
Transform you
And immortalise you.
Sri Chinmoy, Light-Delight-Journeys, Bhakti Press, Ottawa, Canada, 1974