Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,109Please respect copyright.PENANASDctPIdTXT
its petals laced with silver dust,109Please respect copyright.PENANAUrTueFzcvG
whispers secrets in the dark—109Please respect copyright.PENANAstLEb3DmvT
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,109Please respect copyright.PENANA6GtU6sREaO
their marble lips now cracked and worn,109Please respect copyright.PENANA2sD0EKcqbV
yet in their ruin, grace remains—109Please respect copyright.PENANAk2aRGW7XpX
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls109Please respect copyright.PENANAB0jv2DPPyx
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,109Please respect copyright.PENANARcjmEnwOcN
their fractured glass refracts the past,109Please respect copyright.PENANAk3V84JzR1a
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,109Please respect copyright.PENANAVSpHJ6ynAq
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,109Please respect copyright.PENANAxxsk5MfUQk
the echoes of forgotten songs109Please respect copyright.PENANAiUOruTJMPl
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,109Please respect copyright.PENANAzUiA2CXdvI
bears artistry within its grasp—109Please respect copyright.PENANAsq70fQeFk2
a painted veil of grief and dusk,109Please respect copyright.PENANAw3t9HsxGxT
where beauty and the macabre clasp.