ALS NaPoWriMo Day 26 Prompt: “My body is a temple.”

 

I am using the following quote of Oprah Winfrey in my poem:

 

“I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.”

 

Poem: The Temple of My Body

 

“I finally realized that being grateful to my body,

 was key to giving more love to myself.”

The body that’s divine, and a whole in itself,

The body that I have been kindly blessed

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The body that I have been kindly blessed,

To witness the life flowing through me,

To have immortal experiences of this mortal being,

To listen and embrace the nature speak

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To listen and embrace the nature speak,

The unfolding of the Universal mystique,

To immerse itself in the vast expanse,

Yet retain its balance and be unique

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To retain its balance and be unique,

With the perfect symmetry of the five senses,

Endowed with everything that this life needs,

This body is a temple with many deities

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This body is a temple with many deities,

A mind to think and comprehend everything,

A heart to feel, care and heal,

A soul that grows through experiences

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A soul that grows through experiences,

Experiences that are etched in the mind’s memory,

Mind that is guarded by this frame divine,

Grateful I am for this humble offering

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©Vandana Bhasin

26.04.2025