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This Temple
This body a temple
where you come to play
This soul a temple
where you kneel and pray
This heart a temple
where I bid you stay
This universe a temple
where we transform to clay.
R.
Published 3rd Mar 2020
| Edited 9th May 2020
Author's Note
May we all know a Shams and know we are Shams.
5/8 edit: Finally figured out a melody I am semi-content with to turn this into music.
5/8 edit: Finally figured out a melody I am semi-content with to turn this into music.
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3rd Mar 2020 12:35pm
22nd Mar 2020 1:46pm
Thank you so much, Ahavati. May we all find our temples within during this time we are called to stay home and do nothing. 🙏🏽
9th May 2020 1:08am
3rd Mar 2020 12:50pm
Wow ... love the structure of this ... wonderful flow ... killer line breaks ...
22nd Mar 2020 1:49pm
Thank you so much. This is a non typical style for me, so good to know it landed well. Sending gratitude and light, R.
25th Apr 2020 2:14am
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Anonymous
12th May 2020 10:14pm
I also have a handpan! I was thrilled to find another on the DU who has one also.
I enjoyed this piece. It felt ancestral and personal and was just such a calming moment of peace in the chaos of covid. I listened with my eyes closed to really take it in.
Thank you for sharing :)
-M
I enjoyed this piece. It felt ancestral and personal and was just such a calming moment of peace in the chaos of covid. I listened with my eyes closed to really take it in.
Thank you for sharing :)
-M
14th May 2020 5:28pm
Ahh!! It is pretty magical to be with, isn’t it?!.. I am loving trying to float poetry above it. Peaceful and calming, indeed. So appreciate your kind words! Would be awesome to hear you play sometime! :). What key do you have? I have a C minor, so everything comes out a bit ancestral and that probably works out pretty well for my style :). 🙏🏽🎼💜🙏🏽, R.
