La vie en rose

~Life through rose-tinted glasses~

Staring at your cotton-candy walls,
we fall asleep to the scents of
snuffed-out candles and long-stemmed roses.
Waking up, just before dawn,
to watch the curtains that glow bubblegum pink.
For the nights that we spend together, tangle in
my mind-- like sheets wrought in
scents of roses and absinthe-
voyeurs of our ruby-woo kisses, a labyrinth
of cherry marks trailing across your chest;
sheets that descry intertwined fingers and legs.
If it is friction that lights a match,
I can see why your hands ignite my pulse ablaze.
Wonder if you stitched yourself into my skin,
with your sweet words and a tongue so mean.
Mornings sing with the sound of raindrops,
fossilizing into puddles; I am all but washed
in the tide of your breathing.

Author's Note

"La vie en rose" translates to "Life in happy hues", "Life seen through happy lenses", "Life in rosy hues"; its literal meaning is "Life in Pink".

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

I think it is just great to see the world through rose tinted specs every now and then. I'd like to buy my specs where you by yours from. This is a wonderful piece of writing with some truly poetic and memorable lines. Take a bow, I am applauding.

Chris

[Moonie]

Thank you for such an uplifting review! ♡

[Roger Turgeon]

I had to read this for it was my mom's favorite song and the subject of her eulogy. Your take was a bid red and rosey at the start but ended with some real emotion and imagery. Enjoyed!

[Moonie]

I appreciate the read! Thank you for the review!

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Fairest... the romance of rose petals softly touched as the dew is forming can be the essence of love ... in the dance of passion unfolding. Lovely to embrace your poetry. truly, Pat

[Moonie]

Thank you so much for your beautiful review! I really appreciate your it :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"stitched yourself into my skin"
wish i had written that line.
the imagery is so strong..."fossilized into puddles"
and a hint in here that it isn't all roses..."the tongue so mean"
either she feels a little wary...or from past experience, she knows the rose colored glasses aren't 20/20

[Moonie]

Thanks again for the in depth review! Appreciate you stopping by! :))

[Chris]

This is warm, familiar, and very thought-full. Leaves a smile in its wake.

[Alfred Kukitz]

One can think they are in the PINK until they come and visit a poem of impeccable pinkness! WoW!

regards,
al

[Moonie]

Aaah thank you so much, Al!! Wishing you all the pinkness in life and health! ♡💓

[Tess Rempel]

week later and i'm still thinking about this poem. really brought me in and held me tight, even after the last words were written. beautiful!

[Moonie]

Thank you so much, Tess, and apologies for the late answer. I wasn't online much.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Oh, the language of love, ever sated upon the tongue of those we love. Your articulation is engaging, "a labyrinth of cherry marks trailing across your chest", and "the friction that lights a match." But it was your closing lines that brought this to its fruition for me. "Mornings sing with the sound of raindrops, fossilizing into puddles; I am all but washed in the tide of your breathing." Could you have added the word "away" after "washed"? Captivating read!

[Moonie]

Thank you so much, Kelly, for the lovely review! I really appreciate that you paid so much attention to every line.
I really debated on whether to keep the "away" there or not. And finally decided to do away with it...ha! ;)
I feel "washed" by itself evokes a stronger imagery of being renewed and cleansed. It also shortens the lines so that the sound of "mean" can resonate with "breathing".
But really, i am so thankful for your in-depth review! ❤

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A very grand, romantic piece......

Some lovely images scattered throughout this piece like rose petals upon a white sheet. "Sweet words and a tongue so mean" is rather an appropriate description for a Casanova lover, too. Above all, I love the title and more so the divine Edith Piaf version of that song.

Well written.

[Moonie]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate this uplifting review!!

[Einstein Noodle]

ahhhhhhh l'amour, l'amour! ..great song pics .. life in pink! what a delightful expression .. i like that your poem of love includes the "...tongue so mean" .. it humanizes the dreamy quality of your poem .. we do hurt one another sometimes ..thoughtlessly and not on purpose ;} enjoyed the whole experience of "La vie en rose"

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This was very romantic! Roses are always the best in a poem:) I loved it:)

[Moonie]

Thank you!

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Your welcome