Quicksilver
June 19 2022
Mercury, the messenger god,
who also rules
over luck, trickery, thieves.
The confidante of kings,
shuttling between
heaven and earth.
Was he, too, as temperamental
as this unsettled weather?
Warm sun,
giving way
to wind-driven clouds
cool overcast.
Cold rain, slanting down
then a clear summer sky,
delicate wisps of steam
rising from the ground.
I, too, have been described as mercurial.
Moody
temperamental
hard to predict,
whipsawing
from open to suspicious
generous to mean.
One gets more stable with age;
but still
emotion is hard to repress
self-regulation eludes.
The ocean of air
and the turbulent seas
are a study in chaos;
no forecast
can be relied upon.
And how will I feel
in an hour's time
a day from now?
The meteorologists
are hard at work
modelling my history.
They use technical terms
like vortex, occluded front
heat flux, and downburst,
emotionally immature.
Today, they're calling for a mix
of sun and cloud
no chance of rain.
While I would say
bring an umbrella
just in case!
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