"The Withinward Garden"
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman

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In my garden there is an island
An old, weathered stone encircled by sand
The sand raked in patterns suggestive of motion
Suggesting an ocean encircling the land

And on that island there is a forest
A carpet of moss and a cluster of ferns
And in that forest there stands a temple
A plain, wooden lantern that silently burns

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	And when my thoughts are troubled
	To set my mind at ease
	I wander away to that temple
	Set amidst those ancient trees

For in that temple there is a garden
Where sand encircles an old, weathered stone
The carpet of moss, and the ferns, and the lantern
Withinward repeating the scheme of my own

The ocean, the island, the forest, the temple
Withinward the garden to welcome me home