Beauty Asleep

Beauty Asleep

A/N: I've been wanting to do something like this for a while; and now, having been inspired by the "Beauty and the Beast" themed story "Monster" by Bread and Coal, and less recently by the book Psyche in a Dress by Francesca Lia Block, I am overwhelmed by that inclination. I know it's not my usual, but…that's what made it so much fun.

I. Beauty Born

Charmed.

Magic abounds, surrounds

Perfection in small breaths

Tight white sockets

Restrain wide soft eyes

Thirst for information

Rewarded very little

.

Expected.

Hope abounds, surrounds

But none is her own

The rising tide

Of love from a family

Who know she will become

The image they love.

.

Gifted.

Presents abound, surround

She takes them all in

Beauty and voice

None are aids

To the overwhelming curiosity

Of a child on the brink of life.

.

Restrained.

Barriers abound, surround

Knowledge is lost

Opportunities are burned

Before it starts

The life of the Beauty

Is defined by limits.

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Another A/N: This is my first fairy tale fanfiction AND my first poetic fanfiction, so please, please, PLEASE tell me what you think. I plan to do a few more sections, covering the whole story, so more is to follow shortly.