Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,193Please respect copyright.PENANA930yc5blT3
its petals laced with silver dust,193Please respect copyright.PENANADcrxJ3P0be
whispers secrets in the dark—193Please respect copyright.PENANAvs2XWUrDLW
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,193Please respect copyright.PENANARqncKPBGr5
their marble lips now cracked and worn,193Please respect copyright.PENANAb60KoM0rqm
yet in their ruin, grace remains—193Please respect copyright.PENANAXekv1J1jIt
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls193Please respect copyright.PENANAHlLOZwQ4b3
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,193Please respect copyright.PENANAkVq8CLiDRE
their fractured glass refracts the past,193Please respect copyright.PENANA9TZ2PxPD6X
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,193Please respect copyright.PENANADXGVsRHwhJ
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,193Please respect copyright.PENANAdm23D5XIkO
the echoes of forgotten songs193Please respect copyright.PENANABuvbWX30g3
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,193Please respect copyright.PENANAVMwf6MQ3C1
bears artistry within its grasp—193Please respect copyright.PENANAK5bi4Upzeg
a painted veil of grief and dusk,193Please respect copyright.PENANArRhGeN9RCX
where beauty and the macabre clasp.