Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,210Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZWKUjGdLf
its petals laced with silver dust,210Please respect copyright.PENANAnLPYPnlwEq
whispers secrets in the dark—210Please respect copyright.PENANA5QweOSpWmh
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,210Please respect copyright.PENANAE7E2PLDmVn
their marble lips now cracked and worn,210Please respect copyright.PENANAoGhJkueU9w
yet in their ruin, grace remains—210Please respect copyright.PENANAfPxIrAm7gk
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls210Please respect copyright.PENANAnLnqk0Kt19
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,210Please respect copyright.PENANArnbiYChdGw
their fractured glass refracts the past,210Please respect copyright.PENANAuuVHKQLE2N
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,210Please respect copyright.PENANAbjDZFpjP5V
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,210Please respect copyright.PENANAMJfjZHyW08
the echoes of forgotten songs210Please respect copyright.PENANAk9kZPbO4d0
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,210Please respect copyright.PENANA5hmd03Ktgd
bears artistry within its grasp—210Please respect copyright.PENANAAnae2LlzXS
a painted veil of grief and dusk,210Please respect copyright.PENANAZu2mfTUCE0
where beauty and the macabre clasp.