Can You See

Can you see

See it coming

See

Listen to the word as you say it

Look as you say it

Can you see the horizon

Through shades of clear

Shades of blue

Or shades of gray

See

I’m urging

Black is beautiful

Brown is beautiful

Red is beautiful

Olive is beautiful

Yellow is beautiful

White is beautiful

You have never seen

You must learn

See

Their smiles

Laughs

Frowns

Tears

See until your eyes have burned

Then listen

In silence

There is no silence

Listen

Listen to voices and words

Voices

Words

Listen as people talk in anger

And love

Smell

The sweetness of human skin

The air around you

Concentrate

And smell

Things you’ve never smelled

Things you’ve never touched

Are waiting

Touch

Yourself

Your clothing

Soil between your finger

And toes

Touch with your elbow

Arm

Cheek

Be gentle

And touch

With your tongue

Taste

Fruits

As they lie in your mouth

Water

As it cools your mouth

Taste

And live

I can see it

It’s coming

I can see people who love

Smiling as they love me

I can see people I love

Sharing of themselves

Giving the world to me

People talking gently

Sounds touching my ears

Saying nothing

As they give me incense

To smell

I can feel it

Sitting still

I can feel vibrations

I can feel an arm around me

I can taste

The water given to me

I can taste

The life going on around me