The Human Senses: "Dilemma", a poem

If only four of my five senses

I were fated to retain,

which one could I better part with

that would cause the lesser pain?

To see the world that’s all ‘round me

and the ones I hold so dear

is of paramount importance

but…what if I couldn’t hear?

Music is a blissful pleasure

and a pure unbridled joy

Could I bear a world that’s silent?

I think not—don’t want to know!

Fragrances abound around me

flowers, smell of fresh-mown hay,

scents that range from sweet to pungent,

smells of night and smells of day

Taste is needful to indulge in

rounds of epicurean delight

Thousands of tiny sensor taste buds

Give exquisite pleasure from each bite

Textures rich in sensual message,

the feeling of a hand upon one's skin

If touch were missing on the morrow,

would memory fade of how it’s been?

So, I’m wracked by indecision

Which would I keep, which let fall?

I can’t choose between sensations

Please, God, let me keep them all!

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