There was a time
When I loved you,
O my thought-world.
But now I love
The beauty of a silence-mind
And
The purity of a gratitude-heart.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
The following is a selection of poems from the collection called My Flute. They include Sri Chinmoy's first poem written in English, The Golden Flute.