3rd I
by Nell-Lynn Perera in Creative Arts | No Comments Yet | Add your comment

Share

My sixth sense,
it is the only sense
that is true.

My eyes,
they fall prey to perception.
My ears,
they mostly hear what they choose to.
Touch,
often the pleasures do not imply love.
Taste, my tongue has tasted
atrocious when it looked beautiful.
Smell,
it has deceived me too.

My sixth sense,
it always only speaks the truth to me.
So truthful, it has been,
at times, I have had
to not listen to it.

Distracted by
my other senses.
Disregarding
what my sixth tells me.

My sixth sense,
It knows what I haven’t come to know, yet.
It is the light in me.

It has never failed me.
I have failed it, many times.

The most truthful,
and loyal, of all my senses,
is my sixth.
For it, is Me.

Self potraits of Rachel Burke
989 424pm

ABOUT THE COLUMNIST

Nell-Lynn Perera’s favorite past times are writing proses and painting. Being able to connect with people through them has encouraged her to continue doing both with a growing passion. Many times upon reading her poems or looking at her artwork, people assume that she’s living through what she wrote or painted – not necessarily so. She writes to inspire people mostly, even if it’s through a dark piece of writing or art. In life, she’s realized most things are relative. And everything shall pass. This is the beauty of life.

View Nell-Lynn Perera's Column