Sometimes you need to look deeper to find that which is hidden.

Talking sweetly to everyone he meets,
He seems so nice.
It takes only a moment to call him friend.
Surely, one as kind as he
Is one that can be trusted.
Shutting his door to his home,
The beatings and terror begins.
He smacks his wife and kicks the dog.
Even the child can not escape his rage.
For inside the kind exterior,
A man of violence and anger exists.
Calmly talking to people on the street
Everyone seems to love him.
Only his family
Fears this madman.
Even his closest friends know not of his
Vile and disgusting ways.
Is one like this,
Living next to you?