Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,107Please respect copyright.PENANAN5y6LEcShM
its petals laced with silver dust,107Please respect copyright.PENANAKpthB6ofgH
whispers secrets in the dark—107Please respect copyright.PENANA5VhTJovv1R
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,107Please respect copyright.PENANA1mBZhGwGOu
their marble lips now cracked and worn,107Please respect copyright.PENANALGHD27Ft6v
yet in their ruin, grace remains—107Please respect copyright.PENANAKzL8FKchag
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls107Please respect copyright.PENANAGecNwQSJMe
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,107Please respect copyright.PENANAwsD3MQmeJM
their fractured glass refracts the past,107Please respect copyright.PENANAVC20yXrS1Q
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,107Please respect copyright.PENANAv6mfvvt7Sq
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,107Please respect copyright.PENANAJ40V0V2eqV
the echoes of forgotten songs107Please respect copyright.PENANAewGbFpjVhC
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,107Please respect copyright.PENANAeLw5EoH743
bears artistry within its grasp—107Please respect copyright.PENANAhrSk3wx92V
a painted veil of grief and dusk,107Please respect copyright.PENANA7NFUomzKPI
where beauty and the macabre clasp.