Could you Love a Monster?

So tell me,

Without hurried refusal

and empty assurance.

Without patronizing amusement.

Could you love a monster?

Could you look

into apathetic eyes,

past those dark figures

silhouetted by fire.

Could you look

past dirt encrusted fingers,

fists clenched with steel;

past these twisted features.

Could you love a monster?

Could you look

past raging seas

and scarlet shores

to lush green leaves.

Could you

pull the scarlet sword

from my embrace

and tell me it's okay once more

Could you love a monster?

Could you look past all of it?

Rip away this paper skin.

tear at this protective perception.

Tell me where this story began. 

Tell me in all honesty,

Would you love a monster?

Reviews

[Blank_fortunes]

Your usage of imagery here is pretty damn good!

[Relic]

I've learned from experience that some monsters are not always as you describe. They can be the sexiest thing on the planet. It's not the outside, it's the inside that counts.

[Anne’sRants]

Thank for the review relic