Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,82Please respect copyright.PENANAoVfofCbgX3
its petals laced with silver dust,82Please respect copyright.PENANANH9wdUUjMf
whispers secrets in the dark—82Please respect copyright.PENANA2juM82zPHD
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,82Please respect copyright.PENANA82BKf7jFXh
their marble lips now cracked and worn,82Please respect copyright.PENANAZNGqwAkViZ
yet in their ruin, grace remains—82Please respect copyright.PENANApWfNnCxKuB
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls82Please respect copyright.PENANAQBtYImiEyb
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,82Please respect copyright.PENANA7dCyjnUxbu
their fractured glass refracts the past,82Please respect copyright.PENANAxDrQ82SsdH
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,82Please respect copyright.PENANAF1EGDtRV6I
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,82Please respect copyright.PENANACZPvcDleOT
the echoes of forgotten songs82Please respect copyright.PENANAetElwZ97gZ
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,82Please respect copyright.PENANAo7IwPmFCzt
bears artistry within its grasp—82Please respect copyright.PENANALCRnJDBp6H
a painted veil of grief and dusk,82Please respect copyright.PENANAl726W0i1mm
where beauty and the macabre clasp.