A marathon run
Is not fun.
It is an unspeakably
Serious matter.
A marathon run
Turns me into an orphan-life:
No father, no mother,
Helpless and hopeless.
- Sri Chinmoy
Excerpt from: Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 4 by Sri Chinmoy, Copyright (c) 1900 by Sri Chinmoy – All rights reserved