Love Poem: Red Flag Turned White
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Written by: Dawn Drickman

Red Flag Turned White

How quickly you said I love you
Yet you were always two strides ahead
Leaving me in your shadow
Walking where you tread

Red Flag Waving

I saw something in your eyes
That I dismissed as innocence
Never questioning the absent gleam
Ignoring common sense

Red Flag Waving

All the times you said you’d call
Sitting by a phone that never rings
I just assumed you got tied up
With more important things

Red Flag Waving

You kissed me ever so gently
Promising a quick return
The sun rose on an empty bed
The pain inside did burn

Red Flag Waving

A final flag did wave that night
No longer was I blinded
I had succumb to the reality
Our love was just one sided

White Flag Waving