The Mercurial Quest

1 Comments

Poem Commentary

A cautionary poem when following the Mercurial Quest for inspiration and wisdom.

The Mercurial Quest

Quicksilver, with your silent sandal foot steps,
You dart about like a hummingbird grown restless.
You feed off the need of frenzied dreams.
Flights of fancy are the calling card for your attention.

As a sonnet song bright with solar brilliance
Your cunning ways can confound or scorch the seeker.
You beguile with a smile  and sap their energy's strength
Away into your pursuits.
You laugh and cast back those who are not resolute.

To those devoted towards you as a hermetical host
An unbridled explosion may come with a last welcome note.
Once caught in the violent upheaval of your snare's bide
Your savage cunning is neither seen, understood nor denied.

If one listen's close they will hear the Sun's awesome celestial process
With Mercury the nuclear conductor playing the music of the spheres.
Upon the naked waiting canvas, many brilliant minds you'll inspire.
You build your student up with gross inspiration, then steal back your fire

For those lives misspent in grand pursuit of the Mercurial Quest
You are like the sea of old sailors, with sirens welcoming thier ship,
Like a night's lighthouse, thier vessel is drawn to dash against your cliffs.
Through your path with all it offers, the World is but an unwelcome guest.

Poem Comments

(1)

Please login or register

You must be logged in or register a new account in order to
leave comments/feedback and rate this poem.

Login or Register

sandyb commented on The Mercurial Quest

11-04-2012

I am surprised to see no comments on your work. These people are missing out. Again loved it

Poetry is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality.

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

swiftbird2C’s Poems (95)

Title Comments
Title Comments
The Prowl 1
A Fireside Verse 0
Winter Solstice Eve 0
Earth Signs 0
New Gods 0
The Language of the Soul 1
Of All The Stars We Have Collected 2
This Magic World 0
My Invitation 1
The Whispering Tree 0
Living In Another Long Dream 2
You Found Me (Once Again) 1
The Mercurial Quest 1
Within A Barren Life 0
The Inward Call 0
Morning Prayer 4
The Wild Card 1
Love Without End 4
Rainbows 0
Fireflies 1
A Lilac Flame 2
My Crimes, My Sentence 3
The Conception Of Thought 3
Angel Dance 3
The Voices Are Calling His Name 0
Into The Twilight 2
My Ruby Rose 0
A Light Went Out 0
To Leave My Son Behind 0
Dolphins At Sunset 1
This Moribund Reminder 0
On My Father''s Birthday 1
The Measure Of A Man 2
For Fear Of Being Forgotten 1
Southern Wind 1
The Hunger 2
The Dry Harvest 0
The Storm 1
I Am Awake, I Am Alive 2
The Somber Solstice 0
The Poet In Me 0
The Sky Is Clear 1
Rge Of Destiny 0
The Candle That Burns Too Quickly 2
Tender Mercies 0
Mother 0
Gather Your Young 0
The Scarlet Choice 0
Setting Suns 1
The Glow Of Decay 0
Run The Race With Endurance 1
Phantoms 3
Conjurations,
Talismans, Amulets, And Charms
0
Lost Information 0
A Reminder 0
The Secret Fire 1
The Amber Voice 1
Stardust 2
Perfect Plan 0
Torn Asunder 1
The Gateway 0
We Stand Alone 0
The Healing 0
A Flicker Unto The Flame 1
Banishment 1
Child Of The First Garden 1
If Ever 0
The Tower 0
Coming of the Age 0
War Machine 2
Sins Of The Father 1
You Who Step In Shadows 0
Galleries Of The Gods 2
Past The Gates And Graves 2
Insipid Dawn 0
Forlorn The Fallen 4
Mirrored Lives 1
Book Of Love 2
A Star In The Center Of The Maze 1
The Empty Echo Of Silence (Moriah) 5
White Dove 1
Cloudscapes At Twighlight 3
A Winter's Moment 1
The Blood Of A Woman 2
Birth Call 1
The Theme For a Fashion Musuem 4
At Play In The Fields Of The Lord 3
My Wayward Journey Home 0
Harvest Season 2
Secret Garden 2
Storm Riding The Razor''s Edge 3
Ripples In The Water 7
Gnosis 3
The Next Dimension 3
Streaming Dream Of Conciousness 3