Take away my eyes
Make me blind
Take away the silent crescendo of yellow and scarlet at sunrise
Take away the brown hair and blue eyes of my heritage
Take away the intense pink of Grandma's roses

Take away my eyes but leave my ears
So I can hear the roar of the ocean as it climbs to me on the shore
So I can hear the crying of the water down the mountain side
So I can hear the purr of the kitten and the scream of the lion

Take away my eyes but leave my nose
So I can smell the excessive cologne on the boy on his first date
So I can smell the Christmas tree after we bring it in the house
So I can smell the incomparable scent of the new carpet in my room

Take away my eyes but leave my tongue
So I can taste the chlorine after a dive into the pool
So I can taste the gourmet meal made just for me by skilled hands
So I can taste sweet clouds of icing over a delectable cake

Take away my eyes but leave my hands
So I can feel the soft fur of a new puppy
So I can feel every ridge on the skin of the old oak in the backyard
So I can feel hard plastic of every word I type

Take away my eyes
but leave me as a person
and I'll be just fine
because I don't just see beauty
I hear it
I feel it
I smell it
I taste it