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Writer's picturePaul R.S. Hanna

Beauty in the Least

Updated: Aug 2


There's a man inside this monster

and he fears he'll die alone.


He wants to love but knows they'll run, so he hides behind his phone.


He's really kind and gentle and

he dreams of racing clouds.


He forgives all when they hurt him

but his mind becomes a shroud.


He panics and he shouts a silent

scream inside his head.


He watches as he horrors and

his voice fills them with dread.


They turn to bail, he bellows!

"No! Please do not run away."


He suddenly remembers naught

but night and never day.


He's all alone; he spirals down

a staircase straight to Hell.


The Devil calls an orphan trained

to heed that vile bell.


Abomination! Ogre!

That's all they'll ever see.


He tries in vain to be the best

he knows that he can be.


He cries and begs his tears

to quench the thirsty desert sand.


He meets a girl on a Cairo bus

and longs to hold her hand.


Amazingly, she's fearless and

she does not turn to run.


A monster sleeps; a man awakes

to play and have some fun.


He falls in love and wonders if

she's really going to keep.


She's not the first to flee the

danger lurking in the deep.


All goes well for a year or few,

then Satan wants him back.


He knows the beast awakes

when hunters come on the attack.


A boy entranced, a monster wakes

to save the girl he loves.


He thinks that she's the hunter

so he scratches and he shoves.


The only one who ever stayed

is headed out the door.


The boy inside just crumbles,

helpless hope upon the floor.


The Devil laughs content with his

old pet back in a heap.


Another One much greater comes

to find His dear lost sheep.


A Father calls to raise a son

in everlasting beat.


A Brother kneels to help him stand

and wash his dirty feet.


He prays that some remember there's a boy inside this beast.


He thanks the only God who sees

the beauty in the least.




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