Beauty and the Beast

by Poet on the Piano & The Poet Behind The Poems   Aug 9, 2012


You captured me unintentionally,
arriving at a late horizon where you
brushed past me with tender fear.
At first, I smiled with shyness and a beauty
you could not figure out nor fathom, for I blushed
like day's end and watched your face darken...
until we were walking into dusk.

I remember now, how well I relinquished
England's skyline so I would hold only you
high above my shoulders, yet these black
sores are from being loved by you.
What have you distorted inside your
mask?

Passion? Anger? Slander? Blame that I can't
spend my dreams teaching you peace?

I thought you would paint change on those
lonely skyscrapers we broadened,
yet you've betrayed lips
once wrought upon a blooming rose,

and I won't taste your thorns, another moment.

~

Beneath your untarnished canvas,
concealed deep within your blue sapphire eyes,
is a truth I dare not speak of.
From the day we saw our first sun rise
I opened my wings not knowing if I would
fall or rise, you were my wind-

you gave me the strength to open my heart
once more.

You think you can hide behind your painted mask
beauty, elegance, even innocence.
Should I blame myself for leaving my heart vulnerable?
All I asked was that you love me, unmasked, ready to fly
among stars and create a beautiful sun...
not an everlasting rain.

As our last petal falls, I stand impaled with these
ink-less tattoos, always a reminder of how you deceived
my defenseless heart with your beauty

and destroyed it with the hidden beast.

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  • 12 years ago

    by Axelle

    This is a beautiful poem, you two. I really like this. It almost seems like for the first part, the 'Beauty' was talking, and for the second, the 'Beast.' I like that :) However, I might just be imagining things, and might have taken it completely wrong, but I like to think of it that way.

    'Beauty and the Beast' has always captivated me. I like the story, even though it is sad on some parts. Of course, I only know the Disney version, so I don't know the whole 'story' - Disney has a tendency to make it so so that it is sugarcoated (they don't want to creep out their young viewers). I am sure that the original version is probably a lot darker than what is portrayed.

    Anyway, excellent job you two. I think that this is beautiful, and I like it just the way it is :) Sorry this is a little late...time is of the essence, and I don't have much :/

    Excellent
    5/5

    ~S

  • 12 years ago

    by Hannah Lizette

    Just wow!
    You two mesh well together and made a wonderful collab!

    I want to write a better comment but at the moment I can't... I will come back!!! :)

  • 12 years ago

    by mandy

    A beautiful and intelligent write, I loved the choice of words. 5/5

    mandy :)

  • 12 years ago

    by Britt

    This was kind of hard for me to get into as you definitely can't just have a quick read through. I've read this now three times and finally feel like I've "sunk" my teeth into the poem :)

    "I remember now, how well I relinquished
    England's skyline so I would hold only you
    high above my shoulders,"

    I love this. The wording, the images, the idea. This is really one of the pieces that has stood out for me every time.

    This piece is so beautiful and descriptive, I feel like I'm reading images that I've seen before. The two of your styles have meshed really well here. I can kind of pick out pieces I think might be MA's pieces because I know her work well, but the two of you together just flow really, really neatly together. Awesome write, guys! :)

  • 12 years ago

    by Karla

    Stellar!

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