Eternal Embrace
“Eternal Embrace”
At first,
it seems a duel—
fire streaking across the ripples,
ice cooling the depths beneath,
two adversaries locked
in their endless match.
They lunge and retreat,
flare and shiver,
trading victories in the current—
neither holding the crown for long.
But water has its way.
It bends their fury,
tempers their edges,
guides each back to the other.
Here, combat softens to dance.
The blaze yields to the cool,
the cool honors the flame,
and both are carried
toward a common center—
until the fight dissolves,
and what remains
is not conquest,
but surrender:
fire and ice,
held together in an eternal embrace,
flowing as one.