Ashes.<span>deathlike grayness; extreme pallor suggestive of death.<span>ruins, especially the residue of something destroyed; remains; vestiges:the ashes of their love; the ashes of the past.</span>mortal remains, especially the physical or corporeal body as liable to decay.<span>anything, as an act, gesture, speech, or feeling, that is symbolic of penance, regret, remorse, or the like.</span></span>