Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,150Please respect copyright.PENANAaYFaSZHFfm
its petals laced with silver dust,150Please respect copyright.PENANAWATc30w3bn
whispers secrets in the dark—150Please respect copyright.PENANA4j8Q2OuRu5
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,150Please respect copyright.PENANA6Dw5ZTlICT
their marble lips now cracked and worn,150Please respect copyright.PENANAe8WmCc4AJM
yet in their ruin, grace remains—150Please respect copyright.PENANAdZKMvPncSf
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls150Please respect copyright.PENANAoTmqtGsuwJ
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,150Please respect copyright.PENANA43RjQyd2GG
their fractured glass refracts the past,150Please respect copyright.PENANAkGuXfGydkG
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,150Please respect copyright.PENANAPvlV2lGSf5
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,150Please respect copyright.PENANArqPfmBHUVI
the echoes of forgotten songs150Please respect copyright.PENANAuJM9UKF3SF
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,150Please respect copyright.PENANAPVY7nnWOjQ
bears artistry within its grasp—150Please respect copyright.PENANAeu3iYDYmK9
a painted veil of grief and dusk,150Please respect copyright.PENANAeVdGRoy0HP
where beauty and the macabre clasp.