We have tastes, sights, sounds, and feelings as well,
But how does one go about describing a smell?
I found this intriguing, so I decided to give it a try.

A smell is a taste that sticks in your throat.
It may dance in your head or just bob like a boat.
A boat stuck in a whirlpool with one paddle, trying to row.

A smell is a sight you can see with eyes closed
Like the lines of an Etch-A-Sketch drawn up through your nose
A sight that is dark, a sight that is foggy or a sight that is bright as fresh snow.

A smell is a sound that rings through your head
A sound that is tinged with yellow and red
A sound that is sudden, but soft, that is sharp and is both high and low.

A smell can be welcome, or a smell can bring fear
It can seem far away, and at once, also near.
A smell can bring grief, anger, happiness, sadness and woe.

We don’t have the words for describing a scent,
And I feel as though we were never really meant
For a sense quite as useless, yet so important
As a smell.