355. I HAVE PLAYED
For you once I have played my ignorance-game    In my inner journey, my Lord.
To play wisdom-flame, ignorance was
    Within me.
Dance and glance,
No chance have I to enter into my
    Self-amorous trance.
Sri Chinmoy, A Soulful Cry Versus a Fruitful Smile, Agni Press, 1977