Seeking Meaning

on fibers coarse with little clay nibs are stained with indigo ink lines of cursive carefully formed seeking meaning to come forth chrome plated steel and laminate wood plastics cast a cage formed aligned in rows of boys and girls trying to find what to know classroom did form a prison dark locked out the sound of the Muses song warm air to flow through wildflowers bright bees there to hum and birds take flight castles to float on scented breeze grasses to tickle bare running feet through glass so hard that kept at bay what could be seen but a world away beyond the confines of what was taught forms that did constrict the youthful mind beauty unseen did fill the thoughts where wonder did dance of what might be blackboards of chalk filled with empty words to teach of things that were not sought with quills of ink in cursive words seeking the meaning of the unknown