Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,132Please respect copyright.PENANAnHfGUboUG9
its petals laced with silver dust,132Please respect copyright.PENANAAR7JEYhkJa
whispers secrets in the dark—132Please respect copyright.PENANAeMw3R09PzS
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,132Please respect copyright.PENANA1o3H1CMug9
their marble lips now cracked and worn,132Please respect copyright.PENANAFQgfnWoXIR
yet in their ruin, grace remains—132Please respect copyright.PENANAT2kjrBLRUa
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls132Please respect copyright.PENANAxbNlB8HzMu
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,132Please respect copyright.PENANAuEJzFDxAhZ
their fractured glass refracts the past,132Please respect copyright.PENANAIRu46wsP5k
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,132Please respect copyright.PENANAuGhOnJ3ixT
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,132Please respect copyright.PENANAuBvAG0t5Wz
the echoes of forgotten songs132Please respect copyright.PENANAwElZzhx7xp
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,132Please respect copyright.PENANAhfcq30NUH5
bears artistry within its grasp—132Please respect copyright.PENANA7tnH0fMLkI
a painted veil of grief and dusk,132Please respect copyright.PENANAZPpeEIikKy
where beauty and the macabre clasp.