Enemy-centered

Posted on by Reena Saxena 
tsunamis are restless oceans
in turmoil - waves rise high
to witness orange ball called Sun
flaming up the blue sky

it then withdraws into its depth
knows what holds it aloft
to challenge fire, invite its wrath
battle lines can't be soft

known power against enemies
defines identity
edited highlights defy peace
recreate enmity

conflict is the stuff of stories
a board to vent out rage
dark characters answer queries
its goodness comes of age

fire and water, earth and ether
winds to keep fanning flames
scripted to rebalance teasers
unity spoils the game

Written for Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #266 – Theme Prompt – Fire and Water

Chosen form – Ballad

A short narrative poem with stanzas of two or four lines and usually a refrain. Alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter, with the last words of the second and fourth lines rhyming. (xaxa)

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