Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,212Please respect copyright.PENANAb2Tn8NncZW
its petals laced with silver dust,212Please respect copyright.PENANAxVy9976GHk
whispers secrets in the dark—212Please respect copyright.PENANAZUKY5Emgvo
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,212Please respect copyright.PENANAIrtZOX3VW0
their marble lips now cracked and worn,212Please respect copyright.PENANAHZkbAnjOpA
yet in their ruin, grace remains—212Please respect copyright.PENANAoho9H5ZQsW
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls212Please respect copyright.PENANASUsXgEc70v
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,212Please respect copyright.PENANA4M6JHOjrTt
their fractured glass refracts the past,212Please respect copyright.PENANAz7RTi3FpTh
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,212Please respect copyright.PENANAKO4DV4uR0K
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,212Please respect copyright.PENANAXaPgOB0TAk
the echoes of forgotten songs212Please respect copyright.PENANAlvkhlcXWc7
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,212Please respect copyright.PENANAqrAFDOEzlx
bears artistry within its grasp—212Please respect copyright.PENANAfZ3GQDFOel
a painted veil of grief and dusk,212Please respect copyright.PENANAcBxmmBGXr2
where beauty and the macabre clasp.