4.
My Lord,One day You inject
Elephant-confidence in me.
Next day You inject
Lion-confidence in me.
This way, alternately,
You give me
The elephant-lion-confidence
Early in the morning.
But, alas, as the day advances,
My confidence disappears.
I become an object
Of pity-insecurity.
Sri Chinmoy, My Lord's Lotus-Feet versus my devotion-heart, part 1, Agni Press, 1998