Roses are red. Violets are blue. And apparently, no one in Lubbock has ever taken this poem seriously, and thank God for that.<\/p>\n
The RockShow <\/a>asked people to finish the classic line; the responses quickly veered from romance to emotional damage, political commentary, unhinged confessions, and at least one refrigerator. Which, honestly, feels correct for this strange city.<\/p>\n Some people went straight for the feelings. One response took the nursery rhyme and quietly turned it into a gut punch:<\/p>\n \u201cRoses are red, violets are blue, That\u2019s not a poem. That\u2019s a realization you have while staring at the ceiling at 2 a.m.<\/p>\n Photo by Anya Chernykh<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n Others kept it short and sincere, which somehow made it funnier. One person simply offered:<\/p>\n \u201cRoses are red, violets are blue, Perfect. No notes. That\u2019s a text you send and then immediately throw your phone across the room.<\/p>\n Photo by Betty Miyashiro<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n Then came the chaos, which is where Lubbock truly shines. Romance quickly gave way to honesty, regret, and questionable decision-making:<\/p>\n \u201cRoses are red, violets are blue, Another reminded us that perspective is everything:<\/p>\n \u201cRoses are red, violets are blue, Read More:\u00a0The Funny Side Of Valentine’s: Lubbock’s Relationship Realities<\/a><\/p>\n Photo by Gala Iv<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n Some poems felt less like flirting and more like a warning label:<\/p>\n \u201cRoses are red, violets are blue, And then there were the ones that abandoned poetry entirely and somehow became iconic anyway:<\/p>\n \u201cRoses are grey, violets are pencil, Which, frankly, belongs in a museum.<\/p>\n Photo by Wiktoria Skrzekotowska<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n What all of this proves is that Lubbock doesn\u2019t do roses-and-candlelight romance. We do it awkwardly, self-aware, a little unhinged, and occasionally profound by accident. These poems weren\u2019t polished, but they were honest\u2014and that feels like the most Lubbock love language there is.<\/p>\n Roses are red. Violets are blue. Keep scrolling for more silly Lubbock fun in the galleries below, like great places to take your Valentine’s Day date!<\/p>\n 4 Fun and Flirty Date Ideas For Lubbock Lovers<\/p>\n Dating in Lubbock doesn’t have to be boring.<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n 7 Lubbock Date Night Ideas That Your Darlin’ Will Love<\/p>\n There’s nothing wrong with dinner and a rom-com, but it might be time to change things up.\u00a0<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roses are red. Violets are blue. And apparently, no one in Lubbock has ever taken this poem seriously,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169,223],"class_list":["post-163246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I confused survival with loving you.
Called it ‘depth,’ called it ‘being true,’
Turns out love should return you too.\u201d<\/p>\n
I\u2019m a big fan of you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vodka is cheaper than dinner for two.\u201d<\/p>\n
Waking up in prison next to Bubba
Sure made me appreciate you.\u201d<\/p>\n
I liked you more
Before I really knew you.\u201d<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not good at poems,
Refrigerator.\u201d<\/p>\n
We asked for poems.
You gave us the truth.<\/p>\n