{"sf1_id":334463,"sf2_id":"ynZMMZbm","title":"Poem #33: The Senses","author":"bhscorch1313","words":202,"posted_at":"2012-02-04T06:20:00.000Z","tags":["Emotion","Poetry","senses"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/334463-poem-33-the-senses","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/ynZMMZbm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/f7/97/f797d527-81cb-4bf1-bee0-8c5d5e3ea795","description":"#33 of Poetry\n\nA poem about how the five senses (and speech) are things that are important in life, but not as important as the \"sixth sense\"; emotion.","content":"_The Senses_\n\nI feel so blind   \n I can't see what to expect   \n Nothing to nourish my sight   \nIf seeing is believing,   \nWhere to see the beliefs?\n\nI feel so silent   \nNo sound is present   \nThe words have vacated   \nNo understanding   \nIs left.\n\nI feel so deaf   \n The sound pressing in   \nThe blackness suffocates   \nAbsence so prevelant   \nWhere does it come from?\n\nI feel so plugged   \nThe flowers are dull   \n The stench rots my core   \nMy nose a sore   \nBurning my face.\n\nI feel so tasteless   \n Ash filling my mouth   \n I look down   \n I see charcoal   \nGlowing with fiery malice.\n\nI feel so hollow   \nNo ground beneath my feet   \nThe walls have gone   \nNo finger, but glass   \nBrittle as air.\n\nI feel so wonderful   \nSorrow fills my heart   \n Anger seethes my core   \n Joy from tip to tip   \nConfusion a comfort.\n\nDepression, sadness, grief   \nAre my eyes;   \nIrritation, annoyance, fury   \nAre my voice;   \n Happiness, jubilance, giddiness   \n Are my ears;   \nLoneliness, inspiration, understanding   \nAre my nose;   \nPity, sympathy, passion   \nAre my tongue;   \n Love, courage, shame   \n Are my hands.   \n These emotions, these senses, these feelings,   \nAre my Life.\n\n~bhscorch\n\n[![Creative Commons License](http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nd/3.0/88x31.png)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/)  \n\"The Senses\" by bhscorch is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/)\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/334462-poem-32-society.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/334464-poem-34-0-what.json"}}