Pure Fruit

Snatch the moment of devotion.
Catch it and hold it day and night
as a shield against the invasions
of illusions and false egos
that offer you poisoned apples.
Live inside that moment so it’s
not fleeting but cultivated like
a vigorous orchard of divinity
whose fruit nourishes your soul.

Author: Damodara Das

Srila Prabhupad initiated me as His disciple on April 15 , 1967 , at 26 Second Avenue in New York , NY .