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Ruins

Ruins

Painting of the inner stone arches of an abandoned abbey

Ghosts of forgotten conversations linger under lanterns;
Cherished halls that welcome the phantom procession.

The Hermit’s home in ruins;
Sacred Halls ill kept by their tenant.

Light was beckoning through broken rafters,
Welcoming the comforts of trespassers.

They may fare kinder, and evict the festering gloom
That occupied the rotten crypt for forgotten gods.