The writing spark for this piece was Sensory Highlights. Here’s is my take on that.
Sensory Awareness
We all have five senses
At least that’s what they say
They tell you in school
You use all every day
Sight for your eyes and your nose handles smell
Your ears let you hear, and your mouth tastes so well
Whole body claims touch. That all. But they lied
I claim there are more. Here’s a list. You decide.
There are things to accomplish. There are things you must do.
It’s your sense of purpose that will carry you through.
Your house is on fire or you just cut your hand
It’s your sense of urgency. Just don’t sit there and stand
There’s a mountain to climb. There’s a river to ford.
It’s your sense of adventure. Go pull that ripcord
You are clever and witty. You can tell a good joke.
It’s your good sense of humor. Makes you one happy bloke
You fight for what’s right. You protect those in need.
It’s your sense of duty. Such an honorable breed
You turn in when due. You catch the last train
It’s your good sense of timing. That’s using your brain.
You flow with the music. You clap to the beat
Your good sense of rhythm is always a treat
Those are a few – of the senses I share
Though the one we use most,
has become rather rare
For you see it’s quite common,
And here I must tell
It takes thinking, good judgement, to use it quite well
Common Sense’s what they call it.
They are many who choose
Not to use it at all. And for that we might lose.
What we’ve built, what we have, all the freedoms we need
To sustain our existence, all because of their greed
So schools hear my warning. Don’t teach our kids wrong
Start with listening and thinking, That shouldn’t take long.
Then the five senses, just to mention a few.
Use them all with each other; get a logical view
Then people can preach, they can put up a fight
But we’ll use learned thought to determine what’s right
“Common sense is not so common,” Voltaire once said.
Time to prove he was wrong, or we’ll all end up ______.
