Apples n’ Roses

Does a shiny apple really taste better

Than the same one but without the sheen

I think that we’ve all been conditioned

Ill tell you now exactly what I mean

Many things in life are about perception

I see something black and you see white

I look out my window and see sunshine

You look out and see the dark of night

The problem is the object we’re observing

May be seen by all who look to be the same

To paraphrase the master bard’s sweet prose

A rose is still a rose by any name

 But that doesn’t really help to solve the mystery

Of the perception differences that can make us blind

To the things that matter absolutely most in our lives

The real difference is only in our mind

Copyright 2009  Patrick A. Granfors