paradise lost.

this is how i'll remember it; you and me and the beast.

The churlish beast raged,

heedless of the sleeping beauty shaded by the forest.

With truculent tales engulfed with embers and flames,

the aberrant brute aimed for the trees.

Smoke spoke to the sky,

faltered on the floor, bound for the girl.

Gazing at the blaze, the creature forgot its disdain.

Colours reduced to black,

and the trees fell to their knees.