ALL A MATTER OF PERCEPTION

I held up my forefinger

right in front of me

and asked those around the finger

what they did of my finger see?

The guy in front of me

said he saw the nail on my finger

while I could only see

the flesh behind the nail.

The guy to my left

said he saw half a nail

and half flesh with the nail

being to his left.

The guy opposite to him

who was to my right

also said he saw

half a nail and half flesh

but the nail part of my finger

was to his right unlike the other

who was opposite to him

and had said it was to his left.

It only reminded me

of the story of the five blind men

describing an elephant

for all their views

were of just a single dimension

and I realized it was

all a matter of perception

for no one saw my finger properly
or could describe it

in all its entirety