{"id":140193,"date":"2023-09-03T02:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T06:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=140193"},"modified":"2023-09-06T07:26:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T11:26:47","slug":"hour-18-a-spectral-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/hour-18-a-spectral-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 18 &#8211; A Spectral Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In twilight&#8217;s realm, where shadows play<\/p>\n<p>A ghostly figure fades away<\/p>\n<p>A specter from a distant past<\/p>\n<p>In whispers, memories steadfast.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A wisp of life, once bound to earth<\/p>\n<p>Now wanders, seeking second birth<\/p>\n<p>In spectral form, it haunts the night<\/p>\n<p>A spirit caught between the light<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With eyes that hold eternal pain<\/p>\n<p>A ghost relives its earthly chain<\/p>\n<p>A tale of love, or vengeance sworn<\/p>\n<p>In death, its purpose still reborn<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It drifts through time, a silent wraith<\/p>\n<p>Invisible to life&#8217;s bright faith<\/p>\n<p>A reminder of what once was real<\/p>\n<p>A haunting presence, time can&#8217;t heal<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Though death has claimed its mortal frame<\/p>\n<p>The ghost endures, a lingering flame<\/p>\n<p>In the cosmic dance of fate&#8217;s grand host<\/p>\n<p>A spectral soul, a timeless ghost.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Divya Venkateswaran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In twilight&#8217;s realm, where shadows play A ghostly figure fades away A specter from a distant past In whispers, memories steadfast. &nbsp; A wisp of life, once bound to earth Now wanders, seeking second birth In spectral form, it haunts the night A spirit caught&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4027,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4027"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140193"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145032,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140193\/revisions\/145032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}