red flags --- (spoken word poetry + music - no singing or rapping)

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red flags

I confess to myself  
that I liked everything bad about you,  
religious ways by day
sultry sways by night are fine,
I'm lacking daily doses of salt flavor,
I fell for the flags of white & blue
I'm lacking heed,
I didn't care what the mouths said
that's why...
I missed the red flags. 
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a thought of clarity by daylight,
when you're gone
it's all good when you're here,
I've knitted a sweater for warmth
boosting immunity from night pain When you're away
Repulsing the rashes of hindsight
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Imprints of my shadow on the wall I stood by,
my smile drawn with crayons, the little things I cared for
don't care anymore.
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so
the waves of my breathing days
spelled it doom; it was so clear,

I chose not to listen
I have breathed them all my life
they wouldn't lie, I believe in denial
the world lacks anything similar to you
that's why,
I ignored the red flags
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my hands digging into my core
for more patience to color blind me
ignoring the accidents
to live in my den of blinking dark lights
I see all the colored flags but one
I still choose to miss the red flags
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March 24 2023
lyrics & vocals: azdi404
music credit: Love Distruction - No Copyright Hip-Hop and Rap Beat by no attribution