Deep Poem by Miles Millikan

We are told to look past the surface in writing
To look at the deeper meaning of a sentence, or action
But what if you saw everything like this, and were forced to think deeply about it all
No one imagines the curse this is throughout a day
Imagine hearing something, someone, watching something, someone, and thousands of meanings are created
There is no such thing as a simple walk, or simple conversation
We cannot sit back and just watch the world go by
We cannot take a walk and smell the roses
We cannot have a peaceful conversation with someone we love
We cannot express ourselves with an action
We cannot simply show love
We cannot simply say, “I love you”
We cannot simply do anything in our lives
We are trapped in this mindset forcing us never to see anything in black and white, but everything like a Picasso painting
We must see everything there is to see in one short glance, and one long thought
Constantly we are at work, in desperate need of a vacation from a job we never even signed up for
There is no off switch
There is no reset
No do-overs
We simply must live