Extra Sensory Deception

This was written after a bout of "benign positional vertigo."

                                      Extra Sensory Deception

                                                1.
                                          Balance

                                    Our inner ear

                                    does more than hear;

                                    it tells us where
                                   
                                    we’re bound.

                                    But when inflamed,

                                    it plays a game

                                    and says what’s up

                                    is down.

 

                                                2.

                                            Depth

                                    Our inner eye

                                    does more than spy

                                    what things are near

                                    or far.

                                     It looks inside

                                    past things we hide

                                    and tells us who

                                    we are.

 

                                            3.

                                        Humor

                                     The inner voice,

                                     it has no choice

                                     but to say what’s

                                    absurd.

                                     When white is black

                                    we want what we lack

                                    and a laugh is the

                                    final word.