Theodora Goss and my favorite faerie tale


Beauty to the Beast

Posted on April 28, 2016 by
 
Beauty to the Beast

by Theodora Goss

When I dare walk in fields, barefoot and tender,
trace thorns with my finger, swallow amber,
crawl into the badger’s chamber, comb
lightning’s loose hair in a crashing storm,
walk in a wolf’s eye, lie
naked on granite, ignore the curse
on the castle door, drive a tooth into the boar’s hide,
ride adders, tangle the horned horse,
when I dare watch the east
with unprotected eyes, then I dare love you, Beast.
Beauty and the Beast 2 by Walter Crane
(The illustration is by Walter Crane, from “Beauty and the Beast.”)

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