you left flowers

you left flowers at my door
handwritten notes
asking for another chance

you lied to me
sleazy tasks
behind my back
you thought you could pull one
over my head
after I stayed with you for too long

i gave those flowers away
the ones you left at my door
i didn’t want tainted flowers
their odor and empty promises
adding a foul stink to my sanctuary

i donated your nothing leftovers
that were forgotten
hoping some good would come
from your ugly manipulation

they never belonged
in my home anyway
you never deserved to be
in my home anyway
i never truly belonged
to you anyway

i never wanted those flowers anyway