199. I FEEL SORRY
O thought, I feel sorry    That you are suffering from fatigue.
I feel sorry, for around you is all fire.
I feel sorry, O thought,
    That you are always caught
By ignorance’s chain,
By an endless strain.
I feel sorry because you are
    God’s true failure
And I am doomed
    Your presence black to endure.
Sri Chinmoy, A Soulful Cry Versus a Fruitful Smile, Agni Press, 1977