John Loving Iii Poet Ballad

Love Story Gone Wild (Revised)

when beauty met the beast
she was a cutie, he was a beast
she thought that she would speak to him 
and find out what made 
the beast, a beast

as the beast looked at her 
he wondered; what a feast
but the way she spoke to him
made gentleness and curiosity increased

he found her some what pleasant
and laid his aggression aside
for now he'd grown accustom
and hoped she would abide

as time past he looked at her
as he never did before
tender conversations
brought his knees to the floor

she'd become his weakness
his task forever more
he liked to hear her voice
and see her walking through the door

on holidays there were presents
on birthdays a feast
each special day that brought her presence
was a holy day to say the least

now i am wholly human 
and i can tell you well
that jealousy fits us humans
and beast very well

one look at competition
can take us all to hell
we can never avoid perdition
when one other than God
we our souls sell

and from God comes the testing
old men and prophets tell
the beast asked God for patience
and God knows how to teach it well

the next time the beast see's beauty
there is a ring on her hand
he didn't care to mention it
but that was one thing he couldn't stand

worn down he ask her
what the ring meant on her hand
slowly she confided, it meant she'd
marry another man

the beast now was furious
he did not understand
that all these years confiding
he was suppose to be the man

what then would become of her
his conscious did demand
all the years he spent with her
were coming to an end 

yet love had one more service
his heart would command
tell the maid he loved her
and ask her for her hand

let all the powers of wickedness 
and goodness take their stand
upon this maids answer
i'll bravely take my chance

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Sara Kendrick August 20, 2009 at 4:00 PM Very interesting take on beauty and the beast. Keep writing. Sara

Alley Poe May 20, 2009 at 4:52 PM My favorite story... You have captured it well for I love every world -Alley

Charlene Bird May 19, 2009 at 9:13 PM Beauty tamed the beast and eventually broke him, they can do that. Love the happy ending when he found his too. Excellent John! Thank you for commenting on my work, always apprecaited.

Phyllis Babcock April 25, 2009 at 10:12 PM A fairy tale beauty and the beast. This is an excellent poem John. I could picture the scenes as I was reading. Loved this one. God Bless Phyl

Jane Bowen April 14, 2009 at 12:20 PM Real life fairy tales are so intriguing and I find your poem sells the show darlin!...to any reader...this is relatable!( man or feline~)he he he... You are so literally gifted and it shows when any one can appreciate your talent by reading this! It inspires me to feed more into my poetry,sample some new types of writing. This poem leaves a quaint warm fussy feeling w/ the reader! It's a type of poem that a woman would love to read and reread. Gripping and subtle ...and touching. Nice work.

Charmaine Chircop April 12, 2009 at 5:37 AM HI,as i was reading this i smiled,just few days ago i thought of writing a poem regarding beauty and the beast,but i needed time to think, i didn"t do it and am glad i didn"t cos you did and its wonderfully penned,i couldn"t even be close to this in my poem!wonderful just wonderful,its a pity the beast left too long, the beast wouldhave to let go now!the beast mysterious and outcast attracts some times-lovely write as always-have a Blessed Easter-charma

Brittany Paradis April 11, 2009 at 6:18 PM I love this poem!!! It's very nicely put, captivating, intresting and, I just love it!!!! *smiles for this poem*