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Beauty And The Beast

Beauty And The Beast
Date: February 16,2012

Callous…self-centered
Like a rat, scampering from some darkened sewer
To gobble up the last vestiges of honey
Dripping from the cup

I watch as you make a meal
Of the meager offerings
Then twitch and yawn, your eyes greedy
Searching, already hungry for more

Easing from your comfort zone
Nervous to be seen by the sun's gold rays
You make haste to plunder the reserves
Taking, as long as the haul is free and unspoiled by obligation

You crow, while I struggle…haunted by whispers I cannot discern
I find myself searching, searching in swamps of regurgitated bile
Dipping my cup to drink, then retching at the taste
Repulsed by the frenzy of my own obsessions

I am incensed at my powerlessness to stand straight
And lash out, in a candy coated storm
My rage distilled by sugary purrs of undying love
And ill-fated missiles doomed to miss their mark

In my effort, I take up arms and blast away
Aiming to pierce the heart of the sleeping beast
Hoping the venom of bitterness sinks in
And delivers me to the wretched land of contempt

I loathe not the rat, oh no, not even the man
But myself, for the utter nonsense of my will
I search to place blame for my entrapment
Banging my head against rusty bars of a self-made prison

I pray in the blackness of shadows
Willing myself to hate the air that he breathes
For it reeks of old scars, heartburn
And births a cold bitterness layered decades deep

But my mind, still split and skewered to the spit
Suffocates on fumes of mockery
I scold myself…berating my heart
For undoing a package so neatly bound

I claim that it is love that keeps me here
With plate in hand, arms outstretched
Offering cream to the fat bastard
Who cannot see beyond his own appetence

Yet, I keep bending to taste the same old poison
Circling, circling…like a vulture
Seeking a free lunch along empty highways
Unconcerned with the quality of the meal

It's funny how the eyes can be tricked to see beauty
Where there is none
Or perhaps it's my warped view of beauty that is the beast
Either way….for the life of me…I cannot turn my eyes away

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Copyright © 2012 Leria Hawkins, All Rights Reserved

poem by Leria Hawkins
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