Sri Chinmoy writes thirty-five poems (151-185) at Osaka airport on 27 October 1979 while he waits for a delayed flight.

Poem no. 151

 

The outer conquerors:
A doubting mind,
A strangling vital.

The inner conquerors:
A self-giving life,
A oneness-heart.

Published in Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 2.

 

Sri Chinmoy writes fifteen poems (186-200)  on a plane trip from Osaka to Tokyo, Japan.

Poem no. 186

 

Beautiful is
My smiling God.

Powerful is
My illumining God.

Fruitful is
My loving God.

Published in Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 2.

 

Sri Chinmoy writes thirty-five poems (201-235) on an Air India flight from Japan to Hong Kong.

Poem no. 201

 

An unfinished Dream of God
Brought me down.
The God-Hour then struck.

An unending Reality of God
Will take me up.
The God-Hour will once again strike.

  

Published in Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 3.

 

Sri Chinmoy writes twenty poems (236-260) en route from Hong Kong to Bangkok.

Poem no. 236

 

Ego feeds on attention.
The perfection of our precarious
Animal-human nature
Feeds on God’s Compassion-Sea.

  

Published in Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 3.

 

Sri Chinmoy writes twenty-five poems (261-285) en route from Bangkok to Calcutta.

Poem no. 261

 

Lord Supreme,
You were then
Beyond the reach of my voice.
You are now
Beyond the reach of my silence.

Lord, my Lord Supreme,
This is more than enough.
Please, please, never be
Beyond the reach of my choice,
For that will totally smash my heart
To pieces.

  

Published in Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 3.

 

Sri Chinmoy writes twenty poems (286-305) at the Calcutta Airport Hotel, Calcutta.

Poem no. 286

 

The midnight dream
Gives a blue boat.
The morning dream
Looks for it desperately
Inside the abysmal depth
Of ignorance-river.

  

Published in Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 3.