450. The prisoner

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He is the prisoner

Of his own experience.

He is the prisoner

Of his own realisation.

He is the prisoner

Of what he says and does.

He knows the secret ways

Of the universe.

Nothing,

Nothing gives him joy.

He is crying to restore the forgotten paradise.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Transcendence-Perfection, Agni Press, 1975
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