Louis Gibbs

TEMPORARY TEMPLES

It is sad

To look around at

All the broken down

Neglected and abused

Temples of the soul;

 

Marvelous vehicles

On temporary loan,

Into which we come

To interact with nature

And with one another.

 

To dishonor our bodies

The way so many of us do

Must surely be confirmation

Of how very, very far

We have yet to go.

 

It is sad.