Fire & Ice

• Aliza Purvis, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2017

Fire and ice - how to explain,
fire can be fast and devastating with its flames.
Ice can freeze and make you quiver,
now fire and ice differ in many ways.

Fire races and tears through trees,
while ice makes you fall to your knees.
No one knows how powerful these forces are,
they’re two of Mother Nature’s greatest weapons.

Fire gives some horrible deaths
ice will do the same.
Ice can burst pipes and rust car engines,
Fire can melt vehicles and makes a monster of a mess.

Fire creates a start to new life,
ice can be very sparkling and beautiful.
They’re both spiritual and magnificent,
but both just as powerful.