Mercury Dances

A slip of the tongue
A change of heart
But for appearances…
Worlds apart

Mercury dances
Between fish and fowl
Matriarchs guide their young
The focus her call…

Underground the fire
Breathes the earth a new core
Long since passed
Former mantle washes ashore

The path to freedom winds and passes through
You find the effort…find the grace…
To hear your story…clear your voice
Makes this journey not seem so long…

A slip of the tongue
A change of heart
But for appearances…
Worlds apart

Lawn caressing the air of dusk
Swallows carving the sky…
The reasons we give don’t matter so much
That we’re given charge to life

Many more seasons will pass away
We never quite know for sure
What’s in front of us now, enough to engage
Every last breath, the next we take…

copyright 2013 Nathan Quade