BEAUTY WITHOUT BEAUTY
As pretty as a white rose
In a bouquet of red
She never said anything nice;
Yet she was loved
Admired like dew drops
On daisy petals
At the first daylight of April
Funny in a hurtful way;
She had a heart of cold with no emotion
Frost bitten lips from words
Breathed from her artic "soul"
Very pretty, but extremely ugly
No one understands how she can be both
Her mirror is her best friend;
Forever embedded in her hand
She'll stare into the eyes of her reflection
As if it could listen and respond
Instead it can only stare back with a look of haughtiness
You can tell her to her face
That she's almost a witch
Just a wicked cackle short
Owning the evil spirit
With looks that make people fall under her spell
Discussions only ending in spats
She thinks dawn from envy not worry
That I'll never get my best friend back
They always end in an over exaggerated bang
Onions have layers but so do parfaits
Words of anger spew from her mouth
"You were always jealous of me!"
"Why are you so obesssed with me?"
"You will never be good enough to hang out with me!"
And as loud as the burn
From the sting of a bee,
Who landed on your wilting rose
And brought it to life, hurts
She shouts
I rub my arm with distilled confidence and securities
And try again to save my friend
Because behind her screams
She's held captive by a dragon breathing beast
With ivory scales and raven hair
Who for some reason
Finds joy in keeping her there
And destroying her rescuers
Leaving the bloody remains of a relationship behind
"We used to be friends"
"This isn't you"
Heart-felt pleas with the effectiveness
of paper mache daggers
To reclaim her and kill The Beast
No records show so much beauty to be so ugly
For her I feel pity and sadness
To know my friend has died in vain
To be recreated as a monster
A rose crowned dragon
Leaving the world to loving her
Only if they can get close enough to love her