Red Flags

I saw every sign I just kept changing the color First flag: you decided who stayed in my life Second: every question would turn to a fight Third: after shouting, you showed up with flowers Then called it devotion while stealing my power You called your jealousy evidence of love Called your control something sent from above But love doesn’t monitor every goodbye It doesn’t need passwords to prove I don’t lie Red flags I don’t call them roses I know how the story ends Before it closes Red flags Now I trust my reaction I won’t wait for disaster To take my own action You rewrote the truth every night, every day Till I questioned the words I remembered you’d say But my mind isn’t broken, my instincts were right I was learning your pattern while planning my flight Flag after flag Fact after fact You’re not misunderstood You’re a well-practiced act No final discussion No dramatic scene I changed every password And walked out clean You said I would fail if I left you behind That was your fear trying to live in my mind I don’t need closure from someone who lies I closed my own door That’s how closure survives Red flags I don’t call them roses The moment you show me The old chapter closes Red means stop I finally listened