Pink, Above and Below
Pink
above and below
She knows this tavern
is a cavern of
half-truths and full-blown lies
Icarus and ice
Yet, this morning
la colorosa* bathes
the barstools and bodies
laid waste by last night
Sunrise brings the glow
of a knowing
that this day
there will be change
Her heart will melt
inthe pink glow of sundown
© 2013 Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencil
Image by Oxag at Wikipedian Commons:
Sunrise at Angkor Wat (Worldwide Usage Permission)
* la colorosa means “pink” in Spanish – at least, in Puerto Rico.
Hannah at Imaginary Garden With Real Toads wanted color, a cave (and what better cave than a bar!), a hunger, adventure, and ice. Pull up a barstool and tell me yours. Also on the margins at Poets United. Peace, Amy
Sharp Little Pencil 
Thomas M. Watt
Amy! Thar she is!
Sharp Little Pencil
You knew I’d be back eventually. Thanks for hanging in, McWatty!
brian miller
pink in the morning, sailors warning
pink at night, sailors delight
gotta watch out for sharks in those caves
of either gender
Sharp Little Pencil
Amen, brother!
Susan
Drunken fools, way too close to the sun! ANd yet, there is some redemption of becoming the color itself.
Sharp Little Pencil
The first, so true. The second… what a lovely thought!
kaykuala
Her heart will melt
in the pink glow of sundown
A clever twist to the prompt, a bar equated to a cave, how nice!. And after all the yarn with his buddies, he’ll be home to a loved one who waits at home pink glowed and melted. I love the flow Amy! Great write!
Hank
Sharp Little Pencil
Thanks so much for a nice comment, Hank. Yes, bars can be caves… some are even “man-caves”!
Hannah Gosselin
I just love the contrast that you bring in color and emotion, Amy and it’s so right-on as well…that feeling of, “this is it…time for change…” unfortunately often by sundown the cave craze is “on” again.
Great write…I always enjoy your perspective, Amy.
♥ Hannah
Sharp Little Pencil
Hannah, I very much appreciated the prompt. Since everyone else did your blue, I thought I’d change it up…
Hannah Gosselin
I love it!!
ellaedge
I love this one Amy! How pink evolves and leaves us in a dizzy array!
Clever write~
Kerry O'Connor
This was a completely unexpected response to the prompt, Amy. Amazing where an idea may take one when it comes to writing poetry. I really enjoyed this.
Sharp Little Pencil
Hannah said, “color,” and I didn’t know most others were sticking with her blue. But then, it’s natural when you’re talking ice… unless the ice is under bourbon!
Helen
October pink is the best kind of pink!!!
Sherry Blue Sky
Glorious pink sky…..liked the “Icarus and ice”.
Heaven (@ScarletVerses)
The ending lines brought it home for me ~ Hope you are well Amy ~ Have a good week ahead ~
Grace
Sara v
Amy that ending is just awe-some–like your creative take on a cave too–bars are definitely that 🙂
Christiane
Asking questions are in fact pleasant thing if you are not understanding anything entirely,
however this piece of writing provides nice understanding even.