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Temple
May I know peace
in the sacred space of my body.
May I find awe
in its tapestry of cells,
towers of bones,
and rivers of fluids.
May I behold treasure
in each tessellated organ-
and cradle my heart and liver
as nurslings.
May I walk, stretch,
and choose food that has been
nourished by light and earth
to imbue each limb
with power.
May I treat this body as a guest-
here to visit briefly
considering its needs first …
taking it where it wants to go
even if I’d rather watch Oprah.
May I see aging as a perfect progression
of journey
and float on its current,
exalting its wrinkles
bowing down
before its eyes that don’t focus
like they used to.
May I gather up false notions of aging
and blow them from my palm,
as chaff,
into the wind
knowing …
all is well.
May I trust my body’s Creator
and know that he who mixed the elixirs
from which it was formed
created it
with a lifetime guarantee.
May I fall to my knees in honor of this sacred home of Spirit
never perceiving one cubic centimeter
as anything
but perfect …
This temple
of God
come to Earth.
(c) Tammy Burns
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