Awakened the Beast- first revise

The cage sat in the shadows, left untouched.

I watched people as they passed by.

A few approached and wandered away.

Some stayed for a little while, but they too became bored

when the Beast wouldn’t awake.

I crept near the cage, footsteps quieted,

courage in my heart.

I mustered the bravery of a thousand eagles

to face the wrath of the Beast.

There he lay, curled up and watching.
His brown black hair mussed,

humongous muscles rippling.
Eyes closed, unaware of my entrance.
Breathe exhaled from his nose,

trapped behind the steel bars.

I slipped a hand into a worn pocket, fishing around
for the tiny silver key to open the cage.

I wondered why no one else had the key,

but it was in my pocket, not theirs.
The key's delicate neck clicked in the lock,

the keychain clinking against the sterling silver.
Stepping back, I braced myself for the beast.

His eyes shot open, body ready for an attack.
He looked at me with those eyes,
piercing an arrow through my heart.
Immediately enchanted, I approached.
He pounced, pinned me, teeth out.

A sense of safe drifted over me as he held me to his chest.
Instead of fear, it was passion that overtook me
and drove me to let the Beast out of the cage.