POEM
(“I asked of Destiny...”)
Rabindranath Tagore XI
I asked of Destiny, “Tell me who with relentless hand pushes me on?”
Destiny told me to look behind.
I turned and saw my own self behind pushing forward the self in front.
Source: Poetry (June 1913).
This poem originally appeared in the June 1913 issue of Poetry.
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