Challenge
I followed the Will-O'-The-Wisp.
Where did it take you? How did you get there? What is a will-o'-wisp? Were there consequences for following it? Did it take you to fairy lands, lead you too deep into the forest, grant you wishes, or take you home? Did you fall ridiculously in love with it? Or is it a land siren to lure humans to their deaths? What are its motives? Did it have a sense of humor? Was it a monster of nightmares? Did it pretend to be something it wasn't?
Take us anywhere and tell us anything but tie up loose ends and give us a solid ending.
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Kiss of the Wisp
The Will-O’-The-Wisp
A passionate force
Sails satin ships
On azure’s course
Brings kingdoms low
Beneath her spell
Branches bow
Bud‘s blossoms quell
Her call to arms:
“Rise color guards”
Unfurls scrolled psalms
Of knights and lords
Whispers echo
Silence, sheered
In one accord
Earth’s harp and lyre
Satin spun,
White cotton tale’s
Writ while donned
In cloak and veil
Silk bristle brush
Soft, tiptoe steps
Pierce earthen flesh
Long secrets, kept
Rakes for hands
Comb angel’s hair
Stretch sky to land
Form heaven’s stairs
Reposed in stillness
Bated breath
Wisp’s will to kiss us
Laid to rest