Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

It's the classic tale
Of the girl
Lost afraid unloved and guarded
And then there's the boy
Who holds her tight, keeps her safe, and kisses her gently.
And she trusts him and loves him
And he loves her back with pure passion.


But this story has a twist.
She's not a normal girl.
This girl is guarded because of what she hides.
She hides the scars.
The scars that litter her body.
The ones she received
And the ones she gave herself.
This girl is unloved because of the fear people feel at the scars.
The fear of the harm she could do
Or the trouble she could cause.
This girl is lost because of all the rejection.
She now has nowhere to go.
She no longer believes there is a place to go.
This girl is afraid because of the abuse that gave her half of the scars on her body.

And the boy.
He is lair.
He will hold her
Keep her
And kiss her.
But soon he will beat her.
Because he is a monster.
He does not see the scars.
Maybe that would change the beatings to hugs.
But she will not tell.

He lied.
He lied to this beautiful girl
Then he broke her again.
Just as she was beginning to pick herself up.

But now it's possible she will never get back up at all.
After all it is a long drop off that bridge.
She knows that.
But how can someone so beautiful
Be so broken
That they want so badly
To take that leap?

Go and ask the monsters that made her that way.
Maybe you'll figure it out then.
Maybe.

--AS