Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece or any of its characters.
Of The Red And Blue
Luffy was fire.
Zoro was water.
Two elements.
Same and different.
Matching pieces of a puzzle.
Just a flip side of the narrow coin.
Across the dark image of a mirror.
Bound to each other.
Yet a world's length apart.
Alive while the other breathes.
Dead when either is choked out.
One burns with a passion and vibrant life.
The other flows with calmness and strength.
Fire is simple to recognize.
The rage. The determination. The power.
Emotions opened wide and evident for all seeing eyes to see.
Attacking when it chooses.
Water is not so.
The calm. The force. The danger.
More reserved, thoughts hidden underneath the folds of its waves.
Striking when least expected.
How different they are.
Fire is strong
Seemingly invincible.
This it knows.
If a loved one weeps,
It will take revenge,
Scorching everything in its path.
It loves to play,
Careful not to harm others
With its tickling, smoldering heat.
It wraps around people
Giving off a never dying light
Destroying the wicked in a consuming blaze
Radiating with a warmth to chase away the darkness
Breathing life into dreams
Saving them from the icy depths of winter.
Water is strong too.
One mighty wave
And all adversaries are swept away.
A mystifying enigma.
A fearsome threat.
Often too far to reach, to understand.
Always there.
The silent watcher.
The reliable protector.
Not as strong as fire though.
But it tries.
It wants to protect
To defend
To take care of fire.
This fire also knows.
Strangely enough, they are similar.
Fire is impulsive, lashing and searing in an instant.
Water does as it wishes, an uncontrollable wrath.
When angered, fire violently licks and hungrily gobbles up its surroundings.
A terrifying storm would be born and water is merciless against its enemies.
When together against the unfortunate
Nothing can stand against their way.
Two unstoppable forces.
Eradicating flames.
Suffocating waves.
As if mother nature herself
Deemed them victorious.
Destruction and ruin are left in their wake
Yet also a hope and freedom
To do the impossible
When everyone else said otherwise.
They don't listen.
They merely continue on
Where they choose to go
On their own path
Marked by blood, sweat and tears.
Fire.
Water.
They are
Too different
Too similar.
Fire can hurt.
Fire can warm.
Water can drown.
Water can heal.
Both can snuff out a life.
Both can rescue someone's soul.
One is fire.
One is water.
In the end,
Luffy is Luffy.
Zoro is Zoro.
Fire and water.
Luffy and Zoro.
Two of a kind.
Halves of a whole.
Something that the world cannot explain
Then again,
Who can?