A Painted Smile

A painted smile across my face

Tells the lies I’ve hid so long

Eyes they see me but not really

The pain I feel I also prolong

To voice the agony deep within

Would only start up a torrid storm

Of hate and violence long engrained

That caused me to transform

Into this unfeeling lifeless doll

With a painted smile across my face

That hides stories of degradation and torture

Inflicted upon me by my lover’s embrace

Not an embrace of love

But one of iciness and cruelty

That has frozen me in time

And consumes me profusely