#redflags
Ole— my beautiful flower in bloom;
love wears red, the heart plays a bull.
The crowd screams, “ole,” as we charge
headfirst into obvious red flags.
Messages read; my texting thumbs cold—
an inch closer to lips learning each other.
Two young teens kissing behind the church;
lip service louder than the pastor’s sermon.
Didn’t laugh loud enough at his dry jokes—
because when your lips spoke, the most
sensitive parts of me started taking notes.
May 15
May 15, 2026 at 5:38 PM UTC
It's right up in your face
Like blood on your **** floor
But you are dumb to chase
Me who is a chore
Are you that desperate
I love my instrument
And my little masked men
More than anything else
My hyper fixations
Take me away from you
Open up your eyes
I'm bright red flag
Scratch out all my lies
I make your mind lag
When I tell you that
I love you baby
It's a total gag
I just might maybe
Love all my special
interests and talents
And love Nu metal
A bit way too much
I have no balance
Left for a true love
like you
Feb 27, 2025
Feb 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM UTC
In a garden where red flags do love to sway,
Our pink eyes instead see beauty, but not the fray.
Though the mix of colour are rose’s gleam,
The thorns are hidden in a deeper scheme,
And the sharpness can lead two hearts astray.
Nov 25, 2024
Nov 25, 2024 at 3:22 PM UTC
I'm your mothers favorite bad influence
Perfect and in line enough
to ignore the major red flags that should induce reluctance
and instead label me hard working and tough
the perfect girl to get to know
I'm who your father thought he would be
music that grates and teeth bared just sharp enough
an idea of who to be and the will to be free
smooth around the edges but inside too rough
the kind of seed in you he'd like to sow
I'm the disgrace with a pretty little face
and the intelligence to lie
and get by with just enough grace
so that one day this persona may die
as I fade from their neat little row
Nov 2, 2024
Nov 2, 2024 at 2:25 AM UTC
The fault with seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses is that we do not know when to stop.
When the lights at the crossroads flicker red, all we see is light, not colour.
We run, we hide in nostalgia’s walls, playing with the toys we grew out of, talking to the skeletons in our closet.
“Life is so strange,” we say, as though we are no stranger ourselves.
Romanticise, don’t realise
love is like hate
passion like anger, anxiety
and blood, just another fluid
Roses, red all the same
Wine, flows through oesophagus like water flowing like tears of the child’s sighs at night yearning for a relief of the pain of a
strange life
being no stranger ourselves
seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses
not knowing when to stop.
Dec 24, 2023
Dec 24, 2023 at 10:53 AM UTC
You cant see
red flags
when wearing
rose-tinted glasses.
Oct 14, 2023
Oct 14, 2023 at 2:46 PM UTC
don’t fall for the man who looks at you like an object
don’t fall for the man who can’t respect your boundaries
don’t think highly of the man who blackmails you into things you don’t wanna do
don’t fall for the man who’s spitefully erasing your name
don’t fall for the man who “never loved you anyway”
don’t fall for the man who twists your words in hopes of your own insanity
don’t you dare stumble for the man who will replace you in five days
don’t fall for the man who calls you pretty but not smart or kind or his best friend
don’t fall for the man who acts poised and proper unless he’s alone with you
and don’t you dare fall for the man who doesn’t fall for you but wants you to lick his wounds and bring you home to his parents so you can be the centerpiece on his set table while you are dying inside
don’t you dare fall for him
don’t you dare
Jan 26, 2022
Jan 26, 2022 at 10:23 AM UTC
Splashes of colour
I've never felt duller
Seeing through my rose-tinted glasses
I never saw the red flags
My heart now carries these heavy bags
My feelings torn to rags
Bright and red
I feel sick
Hit with a rose coloured brick
Red and bright
All flags insight
I squeeze my eyes tight
Wishing everything was alright
~4/5/21
May 4, 2021
May 4, 2021 at 6:12 AM UTC
Never make someone the center of your universe.
For eyes cannot see red flags, when blinded by light.
Dec 1, 2020
Dec 1, 2020 at 4:39 PM UTC
i haven't known you that long
so i wasn't thinking of what could go wrong.
i liked all of you verily
thought we'd be more than friends happily.
but you were a scoundrel,
one i did not know too well.
you were a fabulist,
deceit is what you always insist.
i guess i was just too naive
in you i continued to believe.
now the red flags are waving at me,
telling me to go and fly free.
Dec 12, 2019
Dec 12, 2019 at 8:35 AM UTC
I held on so tight to the string that was attached to the storm cloud of our relationship. Afraid that if I let go I will not see the sunshine that was once us.
I held on to the smiles of happier times and the looks of love. I held onto the effortlessness of our beginning and the passion in our kiss.
The cloud became heavier and heavier and some helped me to hold on, others begged me to forget.
I found my strength in remembering.
Every red flag that I painted white. All the dreams that died when you left. I remember the wasted time spent on forlorn hope of empty promises.
It took me awhile to realize that I was holding on to a mistake because I took so long to make it, blinded by the fantasy of what we could be. I cannot continue watering a dead plant.
I’m ready to let go of every ‘what if’.
I’m ready to let go for me, for a heart that doesn’t lie and a love I can believe in.
Nov 23, 2019
Nov 23, 2019 at 1:29 PM UTC
All of those cracks and chips
They intrigue me so
Tell me the stories of your scars
What caused those tear stains
Who broke you so beautifully?
I have to know because I care
You are a masterpiece
Don’t listen to anyone else
Nov 11, 2019
Nov 11, 2019 at 11:01 AM UTC
But our eyes can't unmeet,
and you can't unwound my heart,
the strings you tugged at.
I'm not the kind of person you keep
when you let everything just
fall apart.
You were always the first one
to bolt out the door
when the curtains caught fire,
when the faucet spewed dirt
instead of water.
What little light I thought you saw
in my fluorescent eyes,
couldn't get past your opacity
and you just watched them
burn out.
It was always going to end
exactly like
this.
Jun 11, 2019
Jun 11, 2019 at 7:15 AM UTC
360 degrees
365 days
i find myself back here
a rotating haze
crocodiles in the lake
waiting to strike
i've been chewed
digested and reborn
cycle of life
upon resurrecting, i have a bit more knowledge
knowledge of the world, self and my worth
but it's like the crocodiles are painted red, waving gracefully in front of my gaze
i'm a bull that rams through with everything in my way
hidden and undetected is how most know about their nature
but they're just red flags that i chase without a chaser
i'm tired of being digested and ****** lifeless
i've been resurrected so many times
it's like i have this unlimited energy supply
charging and giving to things that i realize aren't worth it
it reaches full capacity and destroys my circuits
which is why i come back to this space in time
all hazy
burnt out
i've resurrected once again
with more knowledge than before
and now i know not to become aroused to the sight of red flags anymore
not running in loops or patterns
just running freely
here i am, 365 days later
full circle, a human that has learned from the past
that still has more to do
but moving forward with a different pursuit
Jun 28, 2018
Jun 28, 2018 at 7:23 PM UTC
Skinny is the new perfect
forget the curves you tried so hard to obtain
get thin and you'll be attractive
you have to realize you need to be the same
Welcome to society
no one ever said life would be easy
so chin up and start the dieting
but make sure you're not too ******
wear all the right clothes
but make sure that they show just enough
the right amount to keep them intrested
it doesn't matter if it's tough
They all say beauty is pain
it doesn't matter what you do
do what ever it takes to get perfect
make sure you act like you don't have a clue
Playing dumb is fun
at least until someone get's hurt
but validity gained at all is enough to sustain
even if they mostly treat you like dirt
Don't worry as long as they tell you you look nice
everytime they want into bed
as long as you're getting told
well obviously that's enough said
Ignore the red flags
it's honestly all in your head
don't worry about a thing
it doesn't matter if your fed.
Jan 8, 2018
Jan 8, 2018 at 7:20 PM UTC