BECAME

She was forged in white fire transmuted to iron
But iron neglected rusts and crumbles to dust

On the surface to the eyes she became passive
But when passive iron is met by active iron
It is born again
Catalytic waves of ion activation immersed her

Baptized by fire

She was then diamondised by a violent extrusion
She was no longer lumpen coal of the hearth

Her atoms connected she became strong
Her atoms conducted light in holy timpani
A diamond shankha
An adamantine construct in stormy sunrise

Baptized by fire

She became Bellona Durga Dihya and Sekhmet
Of iron and diamond born a vitality a calamity
Against atrophy the karma of earth combined
The star of Astraea the sword of Xuannu
The battlecry of Alala for a world renewed