SENSES

Aruna Muthumanickam
Intern
Maharashtra Institute of Medical Education and Research (MIMER), Talegaon, Pune

To be able to LOOK at the sky and predict the time of the day,
To be able to HEAR the rain

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nn chatter noisily against your window,
To able to SMELL the primrose in your garden,
To be able to TASTE peppermint on your tongue every Christmas,
To be TOUCH silk and know you’ve got it’s worth,
That is life.
But,

To be able to LOOK at cotton-candy skies and forget the time of the day,
To be able to HEAR kind words spoken about you in your absence,
To be able to SMELL the jasmine in your mother’s hair,
To be able to TASTE the salt in your sweat after a long hard day,
To be able to FEEL loved and love in return,
Ah, now that is living.