Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,168Please respect copyright.PENANAIgXe56iwcG
its petals laced with silver dust,168Please respect copyright.PENANAZz6hoClB3a
whispers secrets in the dark—168Please respect copyright.PENANAWz6XJ0vqRl
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,168Please respect copyright.PENANAovjdrJTmP7
their marble lips now cracked and worn,168Please respect copyright.PENANA4vohGUQonR
yet in their ruin, grace remains—168Please respect copyright.PENANAUivydjvFbn
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls168Please respect copyright.PENANAggQpiMjz5n
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,168Please respect copyright.PENANAuyFqCzwMPC
their fractured glass refracts the past,168Please respect copyright.PENANAjfvRRFegY3
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,168Please respect copyright.PENANANQho9YmAsz
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,168Please respect copyright.PENANAU1Ge7JOTHb
the echoes of forgotten songs168Please respect copyright.PENANAjpmgNuHo2s
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,168Please respect copyright.PENANAqPHMmwDNhR
bears artistry within its grasp—168Please respect copyright.PENANA6ITq6M9Zn5
a painted veil of grief and dusk,168Please respect copyright.PENANA4GrfTHzme1
where beauty and the macabre clasp.