The Poor Mind

The poor mind becomes a temple
Based on the noble and virtuous
Thoughts it possesses.

The poor mind becomes a trash can
Based on the ignoble and noxious
Thoughts it contains.

The lowly always dwell
On sinister thoughts vicious
And on loathsome thoughts injurious.

If these deleterious thoughts
Of malevolence and trash are erased
The poor mind becomes highly raised
And it becomes a temple.

poem by Chandra Thiagarajan
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