Good Secrets and Innocent Lies

That sweet smile lied

He kissed me like we’d been married for years

Just a peck on the lips

So nonchalant - “it’s only a little time

I’ll come again as soon as I can” -

But he, too quickly, left me

That sweet smile lied

He was worrying about the people in that car

Rumbling, parked in its spot

He went to his, I went to mine

And he took the exit on the right side

That sweet smile lied

Parting is such sweet sorrow, they say

But there was nothing sweet about leaving him behind

I couldn’t look him in the eyes

I will always be waiting for tomorrow because

That sweet smile lied

He told me the truth seven hours later

He, too, died inside

He told me the truth thirty one hours later

Tears welled up in his eyes

I weep to this day inside and outside

That sweet smile lied

Better he should have cried.