I bow down before you God <br />Not because I'm servile <br />Or seek your favour, <br />It's not an unquestioning surrender. <br />I bow down before you God <br />Not because I sense <br />That before your omnipotence <br />I must succumb as a dumb. <br />I bow down before you God <br />Not to seek your blessing <br />Nor to please or appease you, <br />It's no fear of an unseen power. <br />I bow down before you God <br />Not seeking heaven or other abode <br />But knowing all the world's goodness <br />I can see in my heart as your face.<br /><br />Pradip Chattopadhyay<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/worshipping-goodness/