False Facades

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There’s an anger that they’ll never know
 
A hatred that they’ll never see
 
For behind that laughing fair façade
 
Lies a creature wanting to be free
 
 
Hidden by two eyes of sky
 
That never let the secret stray
 
Masked by a smile, wide and bright
 
But even that has begun to fray
 
 
They’ll never know the danger
 
They’ll never know the threat
 
Don’t expect it from this creature
 
Their silly little pet
 
 
The monster still has fangs
 
The cat still has its claws
 
The snake still has its venom
 
The creature can see their flaws
 
 
It watches from the shadows
 
The edges of the sight
 
Waiting for that moment
 
To go and join the fight
 
 
Heed not that silly monster
 
Ignore the tiny cat
 
The snake is but an earthworm
 
The creature could crush them flat
 
 
It’s vicious and unhappy
 
In its prison all alone
 
It wishes to see freedom
 
To escape these walls of stone
 
 
Most will never see it
 
This creature that she hides
 
And yet they all still know
 
Its reach is far and wide
 
 
No person is exempted
 
From this creature kept within
 
But it’s hidden all the while
 
By this happy little grin

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