Your body isn’t a temple.
But it is your body.
Your body isn’t an object.
But it should be the object of your affection.
Your body isn’t theirs.
But it can be the subject of their love if you so wish.
Your body isn’t a gift.
But you can wrap yourself up pretty if you want to.
Your body isn’t a spectacle.
But it is spectacular.
Your body isn’t clay that has to fit in society’s mould.
But it’s always changing shape.
Your body doesn’t need fixing.
But you can control how it changes, if you’d like that.
Your body doesn’t play by any rules.
Sometimes, not even your own.
Your body doesn’t know who you are.
But you have to learn… your body.
So… your body isn’t a temple.
But it can be your temple if you make it so.
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Bhavaana: meditation. Metta bhavana. Your lovely poem on the dynamic body. Thank you.
Yes ❤🙌 beautiful
Thank you so much for having me on Poetry Bar!
Hi, Thanks for liking ‘Lullaby’.
I read in Frank Herbert’s Dune Trilogy-“The mind and the body are potential tools” Love that.
Your pic with the shoes and the paper is really good. I relate to that.
I do like the poem
Thanks for posting
Beautifully penned! Keep up the good work 🙂
I like the rhythm and to-and-fro of this poem and the via negativa technique. Nice.
This is the best celebration of the ‘body’ as an enigma the owner ought to own that I have ever read. ‘Your body is not a spectacle, but it can be spectacular’ ❤️That’s lovely. I would make a spectacle of a spectacular body though. And I think women have the best body in creation. Especially curvy women. ❤️
I loved this! Yes and Yes! You have rejoiced your body in a so many ways…You have a truly original view that you can express easily.
Amazing, you are incredible. Xxx