Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,133Please respect copyright.PENANArQezDTS0o8
its petals laced with silver dust,133Please respect copyright.PENANA9x2Q1nhW0h
whispers secrets in the dark—133Please respect copyright.PENANAGwT9PwkhAT
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,133Please respect copyright.PENANAUYsBJ3SQB8
their marble lips now cracked and worn,133Please respect copyright.PENANAUJcHpEM1i8
yet in their ruin, grace remains—133Please respect copyright.PENANAmDX1sbNi31
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls133Please respect copyright.PENANAkALLStfsen
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,133Please respect copyright.PENANArMCgMttvbT
their fractured glass refracts the past,133Please respect copyright.PENANAlzNJ8PFRAa
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,133Please respect copyright.PENANAX6CKyq0MId
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,133Please respect copyright.PENANAvfeyWNCFRD
the echoes of forgotten songs133Please respect copyright.PENANA4nXrI3bhUY
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,133Please respect copyright.PENANArKcmtzAPww
bears artistry within its grasp—133Please respect copyright.PENANADgoDWl4HJ2
a painted veil of grief and dusk,133Please respect copyright.PENANA6fJFIPcYOf
where beauty and the macabre clasp.