Beauty and the Beast

Separate human beings hated by all;

Not given a chance to amount

To the ones that wanted to watch them fall.

The sentence was death,

But notice took their disease.

A sudden stir of breath

Would leave the victims displeased.

Two people marked by hands of fate;

The girl’s life destroyed,

And the boy’s filled with hate.

Guilty was the decision-

The two were institutionalized.

Their lives on the road to collision,

But first they’d be dehumanized.

They were feared by pure hearts.

And while being treated like beasts,

Told their afterlives wouldn’t start.

Now the girl was quite alluring,

And the boy had a dark soul.

Meeting would be an enduring

Time from a simple stroll.

The hatred would be set aside.

The two beings said to be desecrated,

Yet in each other would they confide.

Love began to invade

The two marked by loathing.

Of love were they afraid

Despite them not knowing.

A simple ending to a dramatic start,

Beauty and the beast found love

In each others’ heart.