A ballad using ABCB rhyming

"The Ballad of the Desired One"

In ancient of days when the power of the Jed’aii did wane
And the unity of Ashla and Bogan gave way to strife
A wise master toiled through scroll and through metal
To forge a way to preserve life

From the wisdom of her heart and the strength of her hand
The master created a talisman which bridged dark and light
What she had created intended to heal
Instead became a weapon for which to fight

My poem is in haiku format.

The stone of desires
For those whom covet greatness
Holds power untold

Whether endless wealth
Or unbelievable strength
Desired one grants all

For those who seek it
A Warning to make a wish
The price may be steep

Form: Quatrain, 7 syllable, ABAB pattern

So lies the one desired,
Deep in the heart of others,
Know I your own desire,
Which not a world could cover.

Yet it would bring their design,
An end or a thing to see,
And bring from the burning Line
Of woe through every tree.

Haiku

Desired

The desired one

Mysterious to the closed

Minds must be open

To unlock contents

Hidden deep within the stone

Listen to the dreams

Immortality

Black branches web above,
Against majestic moonlight beyond
A low, distant howl

Twigs crack near
Is it a foe? A beast?
Nay, a fruit fell from above

Moonlight, magical night
My beastial nature comes fast
I dream of Desired One

Fabled rock, destiny of armies
Why do they seek it?
Unlimited power!

Arcane stone, worshipped stone,
It speaks of the Force
Immorality for just one, perhaps!

Haiku:

Oh Desired One,
Will it be worth all this?
The price we will pay?

In the style of Housman's "When I Was One-and-Twenty," catalectic iambic tetrameter on the odd lines and iambic trimeter on the even ones.

Rakatan arms did forge the stone,
A weapon built of woe.
Desired it will ever be,
For they have made it so.
A humble rock it seems to be,
And never you suspect
That as you seek a golden ship
You only find a wreck.

The Sith and then their rivals came,
Both seeking fabled prize.
All those who entered temple depths
Could not believe their eyes.
Desired One had called them there,
A place where life should thrive.
Ironic was their fate indeed,
As not a one survived.

Lost in time
the rumours abound
of a powerful item
waiting to be found.

The rumours were traced
back to Kiasdt and Jedha
And hunters from all around
Thought with them it would be better.

Hunted for aeons,
the Desired One hid.
Until mentions of it surfaced.
Caused murmurs, it did.

Kept in a temple
the Jed'aii guarded well
then someone stole in
and the theft caused hell.

Two Clans of the Brotherhood
desired it for their own.
They would stop at nothing
to bring the Desired One home.

They fought and they tried
to gain the power
of the ring and many died
hour after hour.

At last it was found
hidden in plain sight.
Both Clans of the Brotherhood
ceased their bloody fight.

The power it posessed
made all shiver in fear.
So all thought it best
To keep the ring near.

It sits in state
in a building guarded well.
Who knows how long it will be
before it once again brings hell?