Lip Service

Words are as empty as a package after
Its contents are removed.
Big words, and small, useless gestures
Give little comfort once your true
Colors are revealed.

You smile and say sweet things, but when
Someone needs you, for something big,
Or even something small, you turn on them
Like a mad dog.

Your heart is as empty as your words--
You don't care who or how you hurt.
There is nothing more contemptable
Than the shallowness of lip service.