a withered blooms last sparkle a of financial ruin and desolation

flower tear glistens chapter sorrow despair petal decay sadness hopelessness desolation loneliness isolation gloom foreboding bankruptcy ruin destruction collapse demise sorrowful mournful lamentable tragic pitiful woeful lugubrious plaintive dismal dreary bleak pitiless financial economic symbolic imagery beauty fading light lost hope dreams fragile jewel devastating scene visual metaphor hardship distress melancholy