Mercury

Winged Mercury
God of swift
Messages
Silver liquid
Metal causes
Terrible damage
To those who come
Into contact with
The messenger
Of the gods,
I knew a boy in
The 7th grade
Who dared to
Hold mercury
In his dirty hand.
Foolish boy
Transfixed by
The beauty of a
Silver liquid metal
From a broken
Thermometer
Unaware of his
Danger incurring
Brain and nerve
Damage every
Minute he showed
His prize to all on
The schoolyard
Who would look
Even after we warned
Him of his danger.
Just so today
With those who
Cannot see what
They hold so proudly
To be a silver lining
Is dangerous
Beyond their
Awareness,
Foolish
Pride
To
See
The amazing
Silver substance
But be blind
To their
Peril
Grinning
Gleeful in their
Ignorance
Yet so
Sure
In
Their own
Momentary fame.
The boy put his
Tongue to
The
Silver
Globule,
He later was
Gone though I never
Knew what happened
To him or his silver
Mercury.
Odin
Gave an eye
For wisdom but
The mind and nerves
Seem too high a
Price to attract
Attention,
There
But
For the
Grace of God
Go I as a
Child.