Modesty Starts in Your Heart

Modesty starts in your heart
Where the spirit can take part
It's more than what's on your skin
As it is all that flows within

It is music and dancing
Love's courtship, romancing
It is wholesome and tasteful
It is respectful and chasteful

It's not cleavage and armpits
And bare waists and high slits
What is underneath won't show
As you bend, reach up and throw

It is not having to straighten
Pick at, pull or rebutton
While with another you're visiting
What it shows, is you are interesting

It is not flaunting the curves
And watching who observes
It is feeling alive and grateful
While not being disdainful

It is recognizing worth
And enjoying life on earth
Not just because we have bodies
But for the knowledge it embodies

I pulled these thoughts together
after reading lds mormon network
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