629. He died for beauty

He died for beauty.
Alas!
Beauty was not to be found.

He died for purity.
Alas!
Purity was not to be found.

He died for magnanimity.
Alas!
Magnanimity was not to be found.

He died for divinity’s Reality
and reality’s Divinity.
Lo!
Nothing was missing.
Everything shone perfectly
In its God-ordained place.
Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Light, part 13, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974