Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,194Please respect copyright.PENANAq0iA4pTA6r
its petals laced with silver dust,194Please respect copyright.PENANArZQ6UVKytR
whispers secrets in the dark—194Please respect copyright.PENANA0vzurcuWrR
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,194Please respect copyright.PENANAkrjRC4soZM
their marble lips now cracked and worn,194Please respect copyright.PENANAXo4MESBvxK
yet in their ruin, grace remains—194Please respect copyright.PENANA3CHU8hoLr4
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls194Please respect copyright.PENANAngOSlA1SmK
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,194Please respect copyright.PENANAZT4JmzEUeX
their fractured glass refracts the past,194Please respect copyright.PENANAwBZX4LAImU
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,194Please respect copyright.PENANAIKIsQLPc0v
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,194Please respect copyright.PENANA08rveUh052
the echoes of forgotten songs194Please respect copyright.PENANAmB3eAtLOhd
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,194Please respect copyright.PENANAA0TPDPIR5b
bears artistry within its grasp—194Please respect copyright.PENANAqwnmgbOwDU
a painted veil of grief and dusk,194Please respect copyright.PENANAX85aw5wIkq
where beauty and the macabre clasp.