5189. Alas, where am I now?

```

At the time of my soul-journey’s start

I thought I did not need

The smiling Eye of Heaven

Or the serving hand of earth.

Alas, where am I now?

I am crying at the feet

Of an unavoidable and inevitable

Failure-end. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 52, Agni Press, 1983
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