Today I challenge myself to write a Diamante, a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape. To know more about this form, please visit here: Thanks, Panchali.

Line 1: Noun or subject
Line 2: Two Adjectives describing the first noun/subject
Line 3: Three -ing words describing the first noun/subject
Line 4: Four words: two about the first noun/subject, two about the antonym/synonym
Line 5: Three -ing words about the antonym/synonym
Line 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym/synonym
Line 7:Antonym/synonym for the subject

Desire

desire

passionate, dangerous

glowing, tantalising, encompassing

irresistible, obsessive, illusive, transitional

flickering, fading, yielding

fervent, treacherous

hatred