537. Devotion

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I offered my purest devotion to God.

He accepted my devotion only to increase

Its height and depth in boundless measure.

I offered my surest devotion to man.

He accepted my devotion

Only to criticise and belittle

My sincerity’s heart.

I offered my blue-gold devotion to Heaven.

Heaven accepted my devotion

With a smile, a half-knowing smile.

I offered my devotion to the green-brown earth.

Earth suspected, rejected,

Strangled and buried my devotion-life.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,The Wings of Light, part 11, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974
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