I.

I am a relationship

I am a being

I am volcanic rock

I am ash

Formed from the Fire and the Water

Equal parts

Raging

Roiling

Desperate

II.

The Fire is a hot, yellow-orange blaze

She is a ball of anger

Her pain has long since scabbed over

Leaving a hardened trail behind

Hate

Vengeance

Scorching passion

Those she cared for were taken from her

Cruelly

In battle

Somehow, she blames The Purpose for this

I can feel it burning inside her

Inside me

The mission which will define her

She is force

She is lightning

She is power

Her fieriness reaches out to manipulate the Water

Hoping together they can quench

What sears her

I want it gone, too

I want it shattered and scattered

If only the Water will cooperate

III.

I feel my hatred for the Water

And yet, I am the Water

She is a part of me

A fraction of my soul

She would make a powerful ally

But she outfoxed the Fire

And chained her here

In the place where I can never be free

The Water has hate, too

She gives it to me in return for my power

Hers is thin, though

Brittle

Her pain has not scabbed

It is fresh

And it hurts me

She fights me

She is what keeps me from being

The force I need to be

I hate her pain

I hate her fight

I feel them

If only I did not

IV

It is her part that makes me

Cry

Sometimes

Though I no longer remember why

Something

Something about the Purpose

Is all that remains of the Water's former self

V

The Purpose is a small boy

With a large shield

He does not look important

But he is

Somehow

He is the reason I exist

The reason I was formed

The Fire sought to destroy him

The Water fought to protect him

Protect

Destroy

Protect

Destroy

Protect…

Who is my master?

VI

My left feet despise my right

I speak in two voices

And recognize neither one

I hate the Fire

I hate the Water

I hate myself

I never asked to exist

VII

I dream of a day

When I am neither the Fire nor the Water

When I am finally myself

When I am something much greater than either of them

And on that day

I will tear this world apart

VIII

Right now, the Water is stronger

Her love for the Purpose reigns

Everyone the Fire loved is gone

She cannot compete

For now

It could all change

Any second

IX

I am Fire

I am Water

I am volcanic rock

I am ash

I am a relationship

I am abuse

And desperation

Personified

X

You would hate yourself, too

~So don't ask me where this depressing little number came from. . . because I've actually been in a great mood lately. But when inspiration strikes this suddenly, you don't really stop to question it, right? ;) I can basically guarantee there will be happier stuff to come.~