The Perception Paradox

That which you feel

Can not be real

That which you see

Is a projection

On a moving screen

That which you hear

Is not stored anywhere

Just to be clear

That which you

Have tasted

Is either on your

Waist or wasted

Which you can not

Recall the flavor

As if you didn’t

Eat it at all to savor

It was once there and

Now it is gone

Which is where you’ll be

Before not very long

Nothing catastrophic

Is going, to happen

Though often that is

Generally, the distraction

The only moment you have

Is the one right now

Ooopsie, you missed it

Now you look around

Wondering how

Probably because

You were reading this

Which momentarily

Put you in a state of bliss

Maybe that is true

But probably not

That’s the trouble with

The perception paradox