Baking helps but...

What is this hanging in the air
A feeling of stagnancy
A fear of nothingness

Why the sense of despair
Impediment to lunancy
Too scarred to confess

Why are the feet bound
Trails chalked
And life boxed

Where is the sound
Of the choked
And the taxed

Why aren't we searching
Why aren't we reaching
Why aren't we running free

Why aren't we asking
Why are we masking
Why don't we disagree

Where is the meaning
In baking cakes
In knitting scarves

Is it time for weaning
Past the aches
In to the wharves

Where is the faith in chance
Affinity for gamble
Taste for venture

Why not a second glance
At a chaotic scramble
Troubled by wencher

Why aren't we searching
Why aren't we reaching
Why aren't we running free

Why aren't we asking
Why are we masking
Why don't we disagree