Numb

I can hear my heart beat

Slow and steady

Not unlike the tick of a clock

Predictable, mostly quiet

But persistent until the day it stops

I can see you

Basking in the exciting day

Running to your heart’s content

Smiling, radiating happiness

That persists until the nighttime falls

I can smell you

The sweet scent of flowers

Filling the world with love

Day in, and day out

All encompassing of the very air

I can taste your victories

Born of so many flavors

Quenching the hunger within

Sweet, savory.

Filling the masses to the brim

But I only feel my heart beat

Slow and steady

Not unlike the tick of a clock

Predictable, mostly quiet

Persistent until the day it stops

How is it fair

That I have the cognitive ability

To hear, see, smell, taste, feel

And comprehend

That the world has so much vibrance

But I am so very

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