Poems on Victory

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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.

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Poems by Sri Chinmoy