Overflow

And out of bed and down the stairs

Dressed and showered and brushed and made and

Breakfast and lunch and bus stop and bus and

Locker and bells and class and friends and halls and abundance and

Snacks and locker and books and class and class and class and

Remember to remember and get and do and tell and give and forget and

Collect smiles and frowns and laughs and memories and homework and

Homework and homework and tasks and stories and

2:15

Calmer.

Deeper.

Lovelier.

If things were to slow,

Stop,

Think.

Then enjoyment would double,

Triple,

Quadruple.

For the time taken to notice,

To fall in love with every detail,

Creates a passion for the whole,

Incomparable

To the vague contentment of the whole,

Held from every detail.

If the repeating repetition was to be interrupted,

By the thinking,

Concentrating,

Comprehending,

But most of all enjoying.

Really enjoying.

Enjoying,

"Simplicity."

But

After school tasks and one and the next and clubs and groups and

Trying to remember songs and tasks and dates and supplies and

Smiles and laughs and boredom and dread and apathy and

Mostly dreading and avoiding the next and the homework and

Homework and homework and tasks that await and

Chores and duties and more activities and wasted time and

Planned and known and acknowledged and averted and pursued and

Home and the couch and the internet and not resting and not thinking and

More information and more useless filler and plans and thoughts and

Outrage and interests and jokes and procrastinations and stories and

Pains of him and her and Katy and David and friends and mostly strangers and

Wasting and mindlessly wasting and wasting and avoiding and

Eating and roaming and playing and not enjoying and living and

Moving and pretending and them and they and he and she and not me and

Things to fill time and filler and waiting and filler and regretting the next and next

And night and tomorrow and future and now and

6:00

Touch.