Beauty, you fool
what made you think
the garden where such lovely roses grew
would not hold other perils?
Have not roses thorns? And have not men,
though fresh and young, their
bestial sides
and animal cruelties?
You cannot love
our master enough; you will not,
like Psyche, seek your husband in the daylight
and discover the face of Love.
That which is fierce with you now
and angry and wild
will not become tame
in the face of your love, or the face
of his own beauty.
Oh tell us, pretty fool,
was your red rose worth its price?
A fairy never lifts her curse
and men who are also monsters
never change.
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Megan Arkenberg is a writer and poet from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her work has appeared in The Lorelei Signal, A Fly in Amber, Scifaikuest and numerous other haiku and tanka publications. When not writing, she divides her time between music, painting, and editing a small fantasy e-zine, Mirror Dance.
Image By Arthur Hughes.
what made you think
the garden where such lovely roses grew
would not hold other perils?
Have not roses thorns? And have not men,
though fresh and young, their
bestial sides
and animal cruelties?
You cannot love
our master enough; you will not,
like Psyche, seek your husband in the daylight
and discover the face of Love.
That which is fierce with you now
and angry and wild
will not become tame
in the face of your love, or the face
of his own beauty.
Oh tell us, pretty fool,
was your red rose worth its price?
A fairy never lifts her curse
and men who are also monsters
never change.
*
Megan Arkenberg is a writer and poet from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her work has appeared in The Lorelei Signal, A Fly in Amber, Scifaikuest and numerous other haiku and tanka publications. When not writing, she divides her time between music, painting, and editing a small fantasy e-zine, Mirror Dance.
Image By Arthur Hughes.
3 comments:
A beautiful piece, striking and evocative.
Great piece of art! You have done a great job at capturing the ideals and general feelings in Beauty and The Beast. Beauty’s father retrieves a rose for her to show his devoting and true love for her. However it cam with a price the Beast wanted his love (Beauty) or his life. Beauty chose to live with the Beast. The rose in most cases is worth its price. You often have to show you love no matter the price one must pay. Men are like monsters at times. The Beast is monster and the out side. However he is perfect gentleman on the inside. The rose made Beauty happy so it was well worth the price. Beauty also found a good man to be with, while knowing that her father would give his life to please her. Again nice piece of art and I look forward to reading more. James B
Interesting modern slant on the tale, which pinpoints what I've always felt disquietning about Beauty and the Beast.
enter me for competition, please
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