Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,205Please respect copyright.PENANATzZemN6TJQ
its petals laced with silver dust,205Please respect copyright.PENANAdYvtoQZ1fb
whispers secrets in the dark—205Please respect copyright.PENANAXRY65nwMPg
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,205Please respect copyright.PENANADBmrxZDujK
their marble lips now cracked and worn,205Please respect copyright.PENANA9XIxhZylgl
yet in their ruin, grace remains—205Please respect copyright.PENANAea5JFf9bdU
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls205Please respect copyright.PENANAXbu2yfQnQd
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,205Please respect copyright.PENANAjNghtoIbCE
their fractured glass refracts the past,205Please respect copyright.PENANAqv1oW2ECXj
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,205Please respect copyright.PENANAm7kKXeQI4Y
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,205Please respect copyright.PENANAC1hWm3FrlX
the echoes of forgotten songs205Please respect copyright.PENANAPzSdKWQbcp
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,205Please respect copyright.PENANAkGjL2fZF4l
bears artistry within its grasp—205Please respect copyright.PENANAIeHk9io1P3
a painted veil of grief and dusk,205Please respect copyright.PENANAjvIKBAhgmm
where beauty and the macabre clasp.