They walked
into the arena, head high and scars galore
They thought
to themselves
‘This can’t
hurt me more than I’ve been hurt before’
They were products
of providence, Hercules in their own right.
Each had
been through battles, and knew what it took to fight.
She was a street
hustler, smart, gritty and ruthless
He looked to
be a peaceful samurai, but could endure the worst from the best
She laughed
at his timid nature, and wondered if he could last one round
He smiled gently
at her, and put his feet firmly on the ground.
She danced
around in circles, throwing jabs left and right
He seemed
too slow for her, and couldn’t avoid the bite.
The questions,
long and winding, looked to throw him off the ring
But him
stumbling, didn’t give her the satisfaction she thought it would bring
Every time
he found his feet, her hardened heart found a second beat
This dual
was not an ordinary one, she felt
Something
about him made the ice melt
She got a
sense of what this was, and pondered whether to pursue the cause
But he knew,
without a doubt, what he was up against
The blows
had shattered his pretense
And instead
of feeling hurt and cold, he felt the warmth of her burning soul
Yes, this
dual was not an ordinary one
But let’s
not make it too serious, I say
Let us try
and lighten the load today
I’ll change
the tone to honor the promise I made
And try to make
this a humorous escapade
As the two continued
their path that night,
They
oscillated between what some would call a dance, others a fight
Some from
the crowd that had gathered around them, said,
‘The war may
be over, but not for them. Not yet’
The fighters
made a fool of themselves that day
And the
closer they got, the more they strayed
Did they
know that they were not meant to fight each other?
That their
blows had been reduced to kisses and love letters?
What a sham of a fighting match it was
That had
turned hardened warriors to lovers, lost!
But the
wiser lot in the crowd did say,
'They found themselves in each other, that day'
'They found themselves in each other, that day'
