The Darkness of Beauty

[Truerenigma]

A boarded-up building,
its boards defaced,
in an empty street laced with silence
at dusk. this doesn't reel say anything, it sounds like stage notes in a play. Was that your intention? Also, there its no action on the subject. It's neither passive or active.

What is so painfully beautiful about this,
as the sinking sun assures ancient times
that this time too will pass?
The crudely drawn man on one of the boards,
beside some farce about reclaiming masculinity,
might as well be a chicken scratch on a cave wall,
by an artist who soon, in the open, will die.
I want to cry, but won't.

Is this ephrastic, or is it a critique? I think you should decide, and choose your voice accordingly.

The question posed in the first line doesn't say its painfully beautiful, and I'm unsure if you're addressing yourself, or someone else. It seems a critique on modern art, and the question could be posed to the artist, but we are given no details to form our own opinion, aside from your feeling that the statement is farce.

I think that you are probably meaning for this to be a meditation in a piece of art, but this its unclear.

I hope that helps.

Thanks for sharing