The What Ifs of Happily Ever After
Had the Beast been evil
And Belle within the walls
There'd be no retrieval
And no singing in the halls
Had the servants wished revenge
On poor Beauty's head
No one could avenge
Cold on a bed
Had Belle been less courageous
Maurice would have paid
The story outrageous
But he would be laid
Had Gaston been stronger
And stabbed the Beast later
The Prince is no longer
And the grief far greater