Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,130Please respect copyright.PENANAXQv1rgxXxr
its petals laced with silver dust,130Please respect copyright.PENANAPPDiIgbouT
whispers secrets in the dark—130Please respect copyright.PENANA4ShAseqTRd
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,130Please respect copyright.PENANACsC0gYhwNM
their marble lips now cracked and worn,130Please respect copyright.PENANA48juk2xaGi
yet in their ruin, grace remains—130Please respect copyright.PENANAKl7tZGXobw
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls130Please respect copyright.PENANA14DCNbaH3b
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,130Please respect copyright.PENANAZBfrXhF2vj
their fractured glass refracts the past,130Please respect copyright.PENANAIiSNOIQadb
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,130Please respect copyright.PENANAjI3e2b4Tv9
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,130Please respect copyright.PENANA1ocjTFwZce
the echoes of forgotten songs130Please respect copyright.PENANAA6PDckW7Y3
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,130Please respect copyright.PENANAe88OodmwTU
bears artistry within its grasp—130Please respect copyright.PENANACaItFSicNl
a painted veil of grief and dusk,130Please respect copyright.PENANAt1v0gyRQRM
where beauty and the macabre clasp.