Perfect Things Don't Last Forever

Don't you just hate it when people think that your life is perfect?
Like in a painting
Everything is so beautiful
The perfect family is shown

In everyone's eyes
Your family seems so happy
It all seems to be so wonderful
Happy faces
Nice clothes
Smart children
Proud parents
Everything is alright

One of those perfect days
Someone changed the lines in the play
The others could not improvise
It messed things up bad
The act came apart
It changed everyone's lives
And with that everything was uncovered

As the show came apart
The family's reality came to light
There was no communication
No respect
No comprehension
Nothing

Someone scratched the painting
The beautiful details disappeared
The colors changed
The faces became smudges
The buildings became blurs

The misery
The pain
The tears
The blood
It all came to light

What seemed to be perfect
Now is so wrong
People stare and ask how could this be?
What happened?
Who would have imagined
When it all was so perfect

The painting was ruined
The colors of the sky darkened
The people turned into monsters
Deformed
Unhappy
Suffering

And what is left
A family left in tears
As they watched
Their perfect lives fall apart
Things fall apart

Some will be left alone
The others will find a new life
Hopefully they will grow and learn
Learn to live life in reality
And not just an act or a painting
Because acts come apart
They don't last forever
Paintings fade
They loose their perfection easily
They don't last forever