Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,149Please respect copyright.PENANAW7KqZfYKQg
its petals laced with silver dust,149Please respect copyright.PENANAZB5829R4RY
whispers secrets in the dark—149Please respect copyright.PENANArYfuP9WMtM
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,149Please respect copyright.PENANAbgZv2Tg8Qy
their marble lips now cracked and worn,149Please respect copyright.PENANAq9zbk0Bexg
yet in their ruin, grace remains—149Please respect copyright.PENANAmWlorw7Y6x
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls149Please respect copyright.PENANAEh9EqLPpQK
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,149Please respect copyright.PENANAVjqGjH9cTg
their fractured glass refracts the past,149Please respect copyright.PENANAUamCEBegCt
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,149Please respect copyright.PENANAD124Cx3g2S
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,149Please respect copyright.PENANAS2CSRTB6NS
the echoes of forgotten songs149Please respect copyright.PENANASDuHQxb8Lj
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,149Please respect copyright.PENANAqqoDjfDd5Z
bears artistry within its grasp—149Please respect copyright.PENANANpoPCJIm8x
a painted veil of grief and dusk,149Please respect copyright.PENANAW6x4yEu2Vx
where beauty and the macabre clasp.