The Secret Splendour

There is no turning back

Once the small face has known

A sudden waking up

To the vast that is All and One.

A stroke of measureless light,

In a blind moment caught

Through life's rebuff, sinks deep,

Hushing all hungry thought.

When arms outstretched to enclose

The dream of a perfect earth

 Hold but a void, in a flash

The Ever-Free takes birth.

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