Ignorance of Mind

How can we see?

Into the depths of the trees

That blanket forest floors

When we live

In a world so white and black

That our eyes deceive us

Forbid us from venturing further

To see the beauty underneath a skin

How can we hear?

Hear the secret words

Hidden in the sparrow's wing beats

When we live

In a world that heard what it willed

That refused to understand the voices

Shouted from the blues of the sky

And the depths of the oceans

How can we feel?

Embrace the cool breeze

Of Summer's mercy on a hot day

When we live

In a world that refuses to feel

The emotion of strangers

Whoes pain is displayed like the feathers of a peacock

Through the tears running marathons down their faces

How can we taste?

Sweet bursting of spring time berries

Picked from their homes by delicate hand

When we live

In a world that refuses to taste

The metallic twang of a knife

The bittersweet vengence

Of the all wrongdoing

How can we smell?

Pungent fragrances of flowers

Blooming in the vases on the windowsill

When we live

In a world that refuses to smell

The natural freshness of the earth

That needs not a man's hand

To improve upon all that has been created

How can we accept?

The very faces of our own

Staring back from mirrored surface

When we live in a world

That refuses to accept

The differences between people

The suffiency of nature provided

The eventual inevitable end