Poems About Victory by Sri Chinmoy

Victory usually means
Temporary peace.
But peace is
Eternity's victory.
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Victory comes and victory goes.
Defeat weeps and defeat lingers.
Experience soars and experience lasts.
God smiles and God dances.
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The body's victory
Is often
The soul's tremendous loss.
The soul's victory
Is always
The body's amazing progress.
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I felt the victory
Of the world-saviour:
Peace.
Therefore
I smiled and danced.
I see the victory
Of the world-devourer:
War.
Therefore
I sigh and die.
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Yesterday
your victory's crown
was possession.
Today
your victory's crown
is renunciation.
Tomorrow
your victory's crown shall be liberation.
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In the inner world
Each victory is a help.
Each defeat is a help, too.
But each surrender to God's Will
Is a victory unparalleled,
A victory invincible.
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God's Smile is the victory
Of today's man.
Man's smile is the Victory
Of Eternity's God.
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The victory of human love is confusing.
The victory of divine love is illumining.
The victory of supreme love is fulfilling.
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Victory and defeat are interwoven.
Do not try to separate them,
But try to go beyond them
If your heart longs for abiding peace.