{"sf1_id":334475,"sf2_id":"Jew884Mm","title":"Poem #38: Perception","author":"bhscorch1313","words":233,"posted_at":"2012-02-04T06:44:00.000Z","tags":["Emotion","Poetry","perception","senses","thought"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/334475-poem-38-perception","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Jew884Mm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/7f/40/7f40cbd7-ea33-4508-8373-afa4eedae6d9","description":"#39 of Poetry\n\nA poem about how important our perception of the world is and how we will always have our ideas no matter what.","content":"_Perception_\n\nI don t know what I _feel_   \nIs what I _see_, sight?   \nIs what I hear,  \nIs what I _hear_ sound?   \nThe _words_ all fall apart   \nInside my mouth   \nYet I cannot _taste_ them   \nCannot _touch_ them   \nAnd then   \nI feel my _nose_ fracture   \nInto pieces, falling   \nCrumbling away\n\nThe emotions inside me   \nDance around _chaos_   \nThey dance without me   \nTaunting and hazing me   \nThe only partner left   \nIs my confusion\n\n_Anger_ stomps around   \nStomps on my feet   \n_Joy_ makes my head spin   \nConfusion stumbles\n\n_Sorrow_ stabs my eyes   \n_Indifference_ takes my ears   \n_Pity_ picks up my nose crumbs   \nAnd _hunger_ eats them   \nConfusion stutters twice\n\n_Hatred_ puts fire in my mouth   \nAnd _desire_ takes my tongue   \n_Love_ takes a stake   \nDrives it through my heart   \nAnd _understanding_   \nTakes a club to my head   \nConfusion trips\n\nFinally, _reason_ takes my throat   \nAnd _hope_ silences me   \n_Confusion_ now turns   \nTies and bounds me   \nThrows me in a box   \nLock with key and toss   \nLost to _memory_\n\nNo _emotions_ left   \nNo _senses_ left   \nNo _physical_ action left   \nI lie a _life_less husk\n\nThen, hope feels with pity   \nThey send me a gift   \nOne small shred   \nOf my _mind_\n\nI _realize_ that there is one thing   \nNothing can take:   \nThe world I shall _Perceive_   \nWill never leave me.\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\"Perception\" 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/334472-poem-37-rights.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/334476-poem-39-memories.json"}}