Waiting in the Wings
(Short poem-style beauty and the beast/ phantom crossover. I do not own any of these characters. Enjoy.)
Once upon a time
Is just another wish
Made by fools
With hope left to wait on
Another useless plea
Begging for a better tomorrow
I have no once upon a time
No happily ever after
Only the shadows and shade
I dance on the edge of faerytales
Behind my mask
In my west wing
Hiding behind the roses
Using them to buy her love for me
But there's always another
I always taste defeat
Because nobody could love a beast
I hide my face from their view
So beautiful
The object of my desire
To make up for my hideousness
The atrocity that is me
Immortal
Not human
Not living
Not dying
Simply forever waiting
For somebody to love me
I sit here
Behind my mask
Waiting in the wings.
