​I got flowers the other day

But they weren’t for me

A very cliché gesture,

In actuality

Maybe that’s why I gave them away

A dozen long-stem roses to put on display?

Roses, roses, full of thorns

The same long-stem roses given when people mourn.

Sorry, happy birthday and I miss you.

Why do flowers make these true?

Say what you mean and mean what you say,

Don’t use flowers to make it okay.

Flowers are a symbol that are supposed to mean love.

When given flowers is that what people are thinking of?

Just like its thorns that made you bleed

Love is just a figment of what we think we need.