Elegance in Decay
A Lament of Beauty and Ruin
A wilted rose in twilight’s grasp,181Please respect copyright.PENANAmMNoGlyUYm
its petals laced with silver dust,181Please respect copyright.PENANA7c9EIxkBPl
whispers secrets in the dark—181Please respect copyright.PENANADwvlJcPB0j
a bloom of sorrow, soft as rust.
The statues weep with hollow eyes,181Please respect copyright.PENANA1IDWIv0bsN
their marble lips now cracked and worn,181Please respect copyright.PENANAXfQjMMpA5w
yet in their ruin, grace remains—181Please respect copyright.PENANAfE0sbGzXQ9
a beauty lost, yet never torn.
The chandeliers of broken halls181Please respect copyright.PENANAk5yblo3twn
still flicker with a ghostly gleam,181Please respect copyright.PENANAowakfI9G6U
their fractured glass refracts the past,181Please respect copyright.PENANAOkytoPE80h
a haunting light—a dying dream.
And in the graveyard’s quiet breath,181Please respect copyright.PENANAGHTrewt0hi
where ivy drapes the nameless stones,181Please respect copyright.PENANAzgJFtf5Al4
the echoes of forgotten songs181Please respect copyright.PENANATl66hFuR6f
still linger in the weathered bones.
For even death, so cold, so still,181Please respect copyright.PENANA4RcTx4FF3L
bears artistry within its grasp—181Please respect copyright.PENANAT5cNfU4QtQ
a painted veil of grief and dusk,181Please respect copyright.PENANADN9zcABhVw
where beauty and the macabre clasp.