A.
A hand, raised in fear
Reaction, instinct, strikes out
Return blow for blow.

B.
Ambitious hunger
Standing proud, armed men of steel
Frustrated defeat.

C.
Slow fire, slowly cooks
Careless fingers, firewood
Inferno, boiling.

D.
Starlight, single speck
Descending, flame spark, alight
Scarlet savannah.

E.
Defining human
Emotion, logic, dispute
Manichaean lens.

Penned by my hand on the 1st of Aeguary, in the year 247 AF.