Smile?

How banal they seem
The pictures on the wall
Snatches of time
Perfectly framed large to small

Look, there blossoms a smile
And a laugh that's seemingly true
Jealous eyes and meaningful tongues exclaim
"So happy they look, those two!"

Ha! Fooled you we did
With our well practiced charade
Our smiles and hugs and laughter
Hides the darkness that never seems to fade

He is a wife beater
She, a vicious gossip
He has many a mistress
Her disease for now a cut on her lip

He has a weakness for children
No not the right kind
She knows and still behaves
Conveniently blind

He craves her sister
She craves his cousin
He tortures his children
While she starves them thin

He plans to kill her
And she plans the same
Who knows which hunter will succeed
In this pulsating sinister game

He feels like a wash out
And wants to end his life
She adds poison to his tea
Tired of being his wife

So much darkness and yet
The smiles never falter
Throws poison pixie dust into the air
And make believe follows after

These smiles you see
They throw green grit in your eye
But little do you know
Behind each smile hides a little lie