Fireflies could never be as loved as one small pixie,
\nNor have they light within their minds to fight with demon hordes,
\nThough tales of lightning bugs are told through the land of Dixie,
\nA tiny, flighty redhead\u2019s shine is brighter, by all accord<\/p>\n
It\u2019s said: Four dark souls took up to be the Legends of Kallisti,
\nAnd when, upon this waif, they came, she charmed them, all and one.
\nShe died not once, but thirty times, it\u2019s said of li\u2019l Misty
\nAnd even then, she died some more, before her work was done!<\/p>\n
Her demons friends protected her, shielding Clearmist from harm,
\nLightning storms and hail, she hailed – in the middle of the day;
\nTo trolls and dragon\u2019s kin flew they, by wing and magic charm,
\nAnd beat with fists and magic, swords flashing all the way!<\/p>\n
The truth was, though: This faye had only bested with her heart;
\nFor, though she\u2019d flit across the world with her four favorite souls,
\nThis little blink was pixie-dust without her friends\u2019 dark art –
\nSo, she would say her season\u2019s wins were a mere few cave trolls!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fireflies could never be as loved as one small pixie, Nor have they light within their minds to fight with demon hordes, Though tales of lightning bugs are told through the land of Dixie, A tiny, flighty redhead\u2019s shine is brighter, by all accord It\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1098,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1136],"tags":[3705,3442,10],"class_list":["post-67640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-official-marathon-prompts","tag-2020hr7","tag-2020poetrymarathon","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1098"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67654,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67640\/revisions\/67654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}