Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,209Please respect copyright.PENANAbI3Nr6lD4U
its petals laced with silver dust,209Please respect copyright.PENANAoYmQvD2VBc
whispers secrets in the dark—209Please respect copyright.PENANAFyGhHmECsO
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,209Please respect copyright.PENANAZznG0GS2oZ
their marble lips now cracked and worn,209Please respect copyright.PENANAkSilcnnBE8
yet in their ruin, grace remains—209Please respect copyright.PENANAQoacP1by0k
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls209Please respect copyright.PENANAHDWIMYgBAB
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,209Please respect copyright.PENANAftDWzQF1Jp
their fractured glass refracts the past,209Please respect copyright.PENANAlSVopBGcHz
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,209Please respect copyright.PENANAGUUWpnZTIy
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,209Please respect copyright.PENANANqAGdidqwV
the echoes of forgotten songs209Please respect copyright.PENANAqhdhZzVMdc
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,209Please respect copyright.PENANArPwVf1kYNf
bears artistry within its grasp—209Please respect copyright.PENANAor32TiaFhN
a painted veil of grief and dusk,209Please respect copyright.PENANA48rh9jfh6y
where beauty and the macabre clasp.