Mercury

March 6 - X'ian, China
Journal Entry 12 - "Mercury"


I have encountered many people in recent days. Conversation can be an interesting chess game. A tongue with good intentions might be a rarity these days....


Sometimes we talk, we talk oh so much,
Sometimes we talk, we talk so damn much
that we forget why we ever started talking
in the first place.

In a land of pirates i'd be more concerned
with what comes from your mouth than what you put in,
so flood your deck with quips fit for royalty,
i bet your ship sinks with the weight of so many (syllables).

Energy by nature breeds siamese perspectives,
divergent views on the surface underneath connected.

And what a state we're in when we can't forgive anyone
for the same mistakes we've made ourselves a million times before.
We've begun to place the blame on other's tongues.

We have begun to replace wisdom with vanity
and hold others accountable for the condition of our own feet.

There's a battle in a back yard alley,
Brothers fight over what's not there.
These siblings will be sad to find that war is the winner.

We keep fighting for position
in a human race that never began,
where the start and the end are both made of the same thin air.


My map is guiding me toward the Gobi Desert. I will depart in the morning...