I Once Met The Elements Of The World…..

I once met a boy called Wind,

his face was as grey as a thunder cloud,

and his eyes were black like the universe with no stars.

As you walked by him all your happy thoughts disappeared and you sank into a hole of deep darkness.

I once met a girl called fire,

Her hair streamed behind her like a river of everlasting lava

And she spoke like a fearsome dragon breathing out fire.

Her fingers tips were blackened and scarred like used matches.

I once met a boy called Water,

his body flowed through walls,

and his eyes were a constant stream of tears.

I once met a girl called Ice,

She breathed out icicles that infected the air with frost.

Her hair was constantly a ghostly white,

and she hid in a ice castle away from the blazing sun.

Fleur Newlands