My Gratitude Flames
Thorns die,
Roses live.
Hate dies,
Love lives.
Desire dies,
Aspiration lives.
The human in me dies,
The divine in me lives.
My gratitude-flames
In the Heart of God
Never shall die.
Eternally they breathe,
Eternally they sport,
Eternally they manifest
The Supreme,
My Supreme.
Excerpt from The Wings Of Light, Part 18 by Sri Chinmoy
Links
(Library of Sri Chinmoy Poetry) (Selected Poems) (Aphorisms)