meditation

the light that plays like a naked child,
among the green leaves
happily knows not that man can lie

man is worse than an animal
when he is an animal

i thank thee that i am none of the wheels of power
but i am one with the living creatures that are crushed by it

wrong cannot afford defeat
but right can

'i have lost my dewdrop'
cries the flower to the morning sky
that has lost all its stars

sit still my heart
do not raise your dust
let the world find its way to you


-Stray Birds-
Rabindranath Tagore