{"id":166,"date":"2012-02-12T12:25:28","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T17:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/?p=166"},"modified":"2015-03-22T17:49:54","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T21:49:54","slug":"goddess-of-the-flame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/2012\/02\/12\/goddess-of-the-flame\/","title":{"rendered":"Goddess of the Flame"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-166-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Goddess_of_the_Flame.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Goddess_of_the_Flame.mp3\">https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Goddess_of_the_Flame.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><font size=+1>Goddess of the Flame<\/font><br \/>\n<font size=-2>&#169; 2012 Natalie Baan<\/font><\/p>\n<p>Nesret, Goddess of the Flame,<br \/>\npiercing arrow of heaven!<br \/>\nLioness in Your fury,<br \/>\nlight the valley with Your gaze!<br \/>\nShake the mountain as You roar!<br \/>\nTumble towers and high walls!<br \/>\nKings and princes, trembling,<br \/>\nkiss the ground as You draw near!<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful, You come to remind me<br \/>\nto respect Your awesome power.<br \/>\nBeautiful, You come to remind me<br \/>\nof the curse and gift of anger.<br \/>\nBeautiful, You come to remind me<br \/>\nto see clearly what&#8217;s before me.<br \/>\nBeautiful, You come to remind me &#8212;<br \/>\nNesret!<\/p>\n<p>Treading softly in the night,<br \/>\nvast and silent as the sky,<br \/>\nwhen You settle by my side,<br \/>\nvelvet paws and dreaming eyes.<br \/>\nIn the ring of firelight,<br \/>\nin the candle and the spark,<br \/>\nburning, burning, You are there<br \/>\nin the mirror of my heart.<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful, You come to remind me<br \/>\nthat Your love will cast out all fear.<br \/>\nBeautiful, You come to remind me<br \/>\nto walk tall and hold myself dear.<br \/>\nBeautiful, You come to remind me<br \/>\nof the strength that shines within me.<br \/>\nBeautiful, You come to remind me &#8212;<br \/>\nNesret<br \/>\nNesret<br \/>\nNesret<br \/>\nNesret<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><font size=-2><i>Notes<\/i>: Written in February 2012. Nesret means &#8220;She of the Flame,&#8221; an epithet of various Goddesses. I primarily use it for Bast.<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goddess of the Flame &#169; 2012 Natalie Baan Nesret, Goddess of the Flame, piercing arrow of heaven! Lioness in Your fury, light the valley with Your gaze! Shake the mountain as You roar! Tumble towers and high walls! Kings and princes, trembling, kiss the ground as You draw near! Beautiful, You come to remind me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bast","category-nesret"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}