Earth, Water, Air and Fire: Ten-Word Challenge Entry

Earth, water, air and fire, The four ancient elements; Born of a god’s arcane desire To construct the world’s edifice. A construct that does require Air and water be ambivalent, While flamboyant must be fire And earth be solid and quiescent. But of the fifth, quintessence, The intercessor of the four, Its fiery incandescence Unites them, and what’s more, Offers the hope of a luscious repeat Of a second, tactile creation In this world’s bittersweet And celestial immolation.