Senses Revisited

Some of you will not think this is remarkable

because you will lump this in with the overall sensation of smelling

and say, “Big deal”

But I went to my car the other night and I sat with my windows open

Just over and over again I noticed something exquisite.

Sure, I had previously noticed the blossoms of the plants and trees in my yard,

And I had remarked how picture perfect everything looked.

I had commented about the magical music of various birds, 

whimsical, melodic, percussive 

from the crack of dawn to the onset of darkness.

There may come a time when I can no longer see or hear.

For some reason this has occurred to me more than once.

But on this night it was all about these sweet smells,

which may make me sneeze, even to the level of embarrassment,

or as my daugther experienced from birth until 14 – a “tissue emergency

!” that may require a full box.

The fragrances enchanted me with the lightness with which they wafted through the air

filling me with a sense of hope that is the essence of Spring,

and a sense that this sense will not leave me.

If that means that the price to pay may be a dripping nose or something more messy and humorous,

I will take it and appreciate it, simply smelling, seemingly the most resilient of my five senses.