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Rated: 13+ · Book · Personal · #982524
Online journal capturing the moment and the memory of moments. A meadow meditation.
#980471 added April 7, 2020 at 3:20pm
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April 7 poem--food
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"O my Lord! Make Thy beauty to be my food, and Thy presence my drink, and Thy pleasure my hope, and praise of Thee my action ... " Bahá’u’lláh

I thought about using the first lines of this prayer to narrow the prompt since "food" was too broad.

Make Thy beauty to be my food

In these times of trouble, cupboards bare,
as ugliness rules a wanting world,

         make Thy beauty to be my food.

When thirsty for humanity's hug,
when kindness seems to have disappeared,

         make Thy presence my drink,

that I may do what's best for others
always doing what's right for myself;

         make Thy pleasure my hope,

When anger rises within my heart
and words keep me from my earthly tasks,

         make praise of Thee my action.

KE [177.23] (7.abril.2020)

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