Wisdom’s Keys

Be curious.

Study hard.

Learn all you can.

Build spires

and domes

from bricks you fire

to house your knowledge.

If you’re lucky,

the tome-tiered corridors

will ring empty at striving’s end

and the seeking

there all along

will stretch full length.

It will say,

“Be done

with what others know.”

It will call you

to follow your arc

from light

to dark

and back,

gathering keys

along the way

to doors that open

only for you.