Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,131Please respect copyright.PENANAafmYMyyvEo
its petals laced with silver dust,131Please respect copyright.PENANAWKeaMTwIgf
whispers secrets in the dark—131Please respect copyright.PENANA28VEfBPy09
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,131Please respect copyright.PENANAVXvyeS4Bsf
their marble lips now cracked and worn,131Please respect copyright.PENANA9m7bg1Q0fd
yet in their ruin, grace remains—131Please respect copyright.PENANAzC13INDNdW
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls131Please respect copyright.PENANAHMi5wSoE8N
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,131Please respect copyright.PENANAJu7Wb46ANg
their fractured glass refracts the past,131Please respect copyright.PENANAwb3hZlsDHg
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,131Please respect copyright.PENANA06kiT0pgxG
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,131Please respect copyright.PENANAYqRbt0Duzr
the echoes of forgotten songs131Please respect copyright.PENANAQObi4RLj92
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,131Please respect copyright.PENANAItrczbZ6Rm
bears artistry within its grasp—131Please respect copyright.PENANA4ctUfxroP7
a painted veil of grief and dusk,131Please respect copyright.PENANASd2kfYXPlB
where beauty and the macabre clasp.