Numinous Phantasm in the Wake of Ashes
The wind unfolds in tattered lace,
A phantom draped in time’s embrace.
It hums between the blackened beams,
A ghost composed of fractured dreams.
The fire spoke in tongues of gold,
Now silence reigns where warmth once told.
Each ember sighs a name unknown,
Each spark returns to dust alone.
Yet something lingers, wrapped in wane,
A specter spun from char and pain.
It drifts through halls too scorched to claim,
Yet bears no face, yet calls no name.
For even ruins house the past,
And even ghosts will long to last.
The ash may fall, the flames may cease,
But memory is never peace.
A phantom draped in time’s embrace.
It hums between the blackened beams,
A ghost composed of fractured dreams.
The fire spoke in tongues of gold,
Now silence reigns where warmth once told.
Each ember sighs a name unknown,
Each spark returns to dust alone.
Yet something lingers, wrapped in wane,
A specter spun from char and pain.
It drifts through halls too scorched to claim,
Yet bears no face, yet calls no name.
For even ruins house the past,
And even ghosts will long to last.
The ash may fall, the flames may cease,
But memory is never peace.
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Background: This poem is haunted by the remnants of destruction. \"Numinous\" refers to something mysterious and divine, while \"phantasm\" suggests a ghostly presence together, they create an entity that is both sacred and spectral. The poem describes the aftermath of a fire, where a presence lingers among the ruins, composed of both loss and longing. The fire, once alive with golden tongues, has spoken its last word, yet something remains an echo of what once stood. This could represent a destroyed home, a lost love, or the ruin of something once sacred. The final lines reinforce the idea that even after the flames die, the past still clings to the ashes, refusing to be forgotten.
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