MY BODY
IS A TEMPLE
My body’s like a temple
that sits on the highest hill Out in plain view, so all can see how much
it’s glowing still
It sparkles and it radiates
when it is filled with light The light from heaven enters in, when it’s
kept clean and bright
“How do I keep you bright
and clean?” I asked my body then.
And he replied, “You must
let only good things enter in.”
“You hurt my pride! Oh
body dear, if e’er you think I had Consumed a bit of food or thought, a
part of which was bad!”
“A-HA!” he groaned.
“Just as I thought! You’re not even aware Of all the things that you
let in that we both have to share
“Give me a clue!” I told
him next, “and tell me what you mean!
Have I had food, or thought,
by chance, that has not been so clean?”
“Well, let us first
discuss the food,” he said, “Some items which You choose to eat and
drink, and have for snacks... they are too rich”
“The choc’late, candy,
grease, and salt… hard for me to digest And all the other junk food, pop
and chips, are not the best”
But then there is some other
stuff not made for eat nor drink Tobacco, drugs, some pills and shots… I
hope you do not think--“
“That these were ever made
for you to take in any way I do not like that kind of stuff!” I heard my
body say
The third thing now, I warn
you of, is that which I most dread Some music, movies, TV, and news that
you let in your head
“These do not hurt my body
much; my stomach feels fine But where it injures, wounds, and cuts, is in
my fragile mind!”
“Be careful, now, with
what you read, and look, and listen to It may not make my stomach ache, or
give me the spring flu
“But sure as shootin’ it
will scratch the walls of my keen mind And it might hurt my spirit’s
eyes, in fact, they might go blind!”
And so, it was, I and my
body had a talk one day He won me over to his side; I vouched that I would
stay—
Away from all the harmful
things that he told me about From this time on, my temple would shine
bright both in and out!
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