Can we use a semicolon before "to"-infinitives?

The primary function of a semicolon is to connect two ideas that hold equal weight. By using a semicolon in the referenced sentence, the writer is adding more weight to "to wear around my neck, until they dissolve into my skin." Grammatically, it's strange to give that phrase more weight since it is not an independent clause--or even a dependent one. Moreover, classically, semicolons are not used in that fashion. Stylistically, however, writers often break conventional grammar rules.

As previously stated, here the rule is broken to add more weight to the phrase that comes after the semicolon--to draw more attention to it. Additionally, the semicolon adds a pause in the reading of the sentence. The pause adds more drama.

The writer breaks another conventional rule by placing a comma between "to wear around my neck" and "until they dissolve into my skin."

But again, writers tend to break the rules we learn so devoutly in school. It really boils down to a matter of philosophy: Does grammar rule over writing, or does writing rule over grammar? And is every grammar rule equally necessary to follow? Who determines the answer to these questions? The reader? The writer? The majority?

IDK man.