A beautiful woman so all alone
Somehow conquered a heart of stone
Not through force
But a loving shown
~8~
A man, a beast! As legends told
With eyes of night and skin of gold
Took a girl from noble course
To be his slave, she was sold
~8~
She did not fear nor did she cry
Plot revenge or scheme to fly
Instead she smiled
And months went by
~8~
How her laughter warmed the light!
How she soothed his eternal night!
How she beguiled!
All of her a delight!
~8~
Entranced with her through all the days
His heart a rock, her love as waves
Eroded the cold
As warmth that saves
~8~
Every hour with her his heart grew dearer
With every word bandied his path was clearer
He could not hold
He had to free her
~8~
Soul torn, he freed his slave
Giving back all she had gave
Her eyes grew afire
But his heart in the grave
~8~
Oh but what gladness reared
When he so peered
From his spire
To his castle she neared!
~8~
In his heart bloomed such bliss
A joy in his soul he could not miss
With love demanding
They joined in a kiss
~8~
A bitterness laced upon his tongue
From one so beautiful and so young
A weakness standing
So the darkness sung
~8~
Frightened of all he would lose
'Twixt magic and love he did choose
Fear and Power
Those he could use
~8~
Emotions roiled in that desperate fray
Battling to keep all feeling at bay
And in that hour
He sent her away
~8~
And as she left with head held high
He knew inside what it was to die
And knowing he loved her still
Let forth a bestial cry
~8~
He watched her walk into the east
Entertained hopes and joys had ceased
No power could the hole in him fill
With the beauty gone from the beast
~8~8~
A/N: Yeah so I don't know how this happened. I don't usually write poetry often and I don't know meters so if it sucks I understand. Also, couldn't find a way to font this right. Derp... :(