FADING LIGHT OF HISTORY

FADING LIGHT OF HISTORY* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mysterious monuments, magnificent monoliths, ancient ruins capture our imagination. Wandering through them, we become seekers, finding mystery and beauty in the decay. The air surrounding them thick with the scent of history. forces us to tread lightly, our hearts attuned to whispers of the past. We wander purposively, sifting through the grains of time listening to the ruins speak of the fading light of history. *Note:Poem written for and submitted to Creative Ramblings weekly prompt in response to the picture below. “The Monumental Arch, also called the Arch of Triumph or the Arch of Septimius Severus, was an ornamental archway in Palmyra, Syria. It was built in the 3rd century during the reign of Emperor Septimius Severus. Its ruins later became one of the main attractions of Palmyra until it was officially destroyed by ISIS in 2015. Most of its stonework survived, and there are plans to rebuild it.”(Cendrine Marrouat)