uneasy feelings that you get

that leave you angry, scared, upset

leave us warnings with flags of red-

three strikes you're out- but if instead

those warning signs are left unheard

no sense, no reason, a deafened word-

in denial or blatant still

the flags remain & grow until 

red to black

constant attack

you act as though

I'll never know

the warning's gone

from red to black

blanketed with crimson fabric

you won't see just how tragic

ignorance may be bliss

but not in problems such as this

too many times you warned me

before you gave up…  my sanity

no longer mattered; not relevant

endless time so often spent

red to black

constant attack

you act as though

I'll never know

the warning's gone

from red to black

in relationships, you sometimes get 'red' flags that cause concerns about the other person or something going wrong in the relationship. over time if you get enough red flags they convert to a 'black' flag or stopping the relationship due to all the warning signals