For Mary Helen

Could I Forget

Could I forget the glory of a smile

That opened all my soul to unknown things,

The aura of a grace I felt awhile,

A voice the music of harmonious strings.

Could I forget the new millennium –

We meditated in Sri Aurobindo's room,

Only an integer in the Infinite's sum,

Remembrance of thee all my days illume.

Could I forget the beauty and the grace

That brightened all who came within thy sphere

Or lose the vision of one perfect face,

Eternal love allow to disappear?

Departing in love, in love thou shalt return

But now repose within our Mother's breast,

To reach Her light my spirit's sole concern

And when my work is done in Her shall rest.