Poems of Passion — 62 - Show me the way

[Illustration: ACROSS THE SEA OF SILENCE] SHOW ME THE WAY.

Show me the way that leads to the true life.

I do not care what tempests may assail me, I shall be given courage for the strife;

I know my strength will not desert or fail me;

I know that I shall conquer in the fray: Show me the way.

Show me the way up to a higher plane, Where body shall be servant to the soul.

I do not care what tides of woe or pain Across my life their angry waves may roll, If I but reach the end I seek, some day: Show me the way.

Show me the way, and let me bravely climb Above vain grievings for unworthy treasures;

Above all sorrow that finds balm in time;

Above small triumphs or belittling pleasures;

Up to those heights where these things seem child's-play: Show me the way.

Show me the way to that calm, perfect peace Which springs from an inward consciousness of right;

To where all conflicts with the flesh shall cease, And self shall radiate with the spirit's light.

Though hard the journey and the strife, I pray, Show me the way.