sakura coloured lenses — Summary

akchiisDreamy

i fear to lose these sakura coloured breathtaking sights i have grown to love so much, the pink gleam of the world twinkling as morning dew on the fresh budding branches under the amber sunset, crinkling their little noses upturned in the fresh scent of your detergent and the faint waft of my floral perfume. perhaps i dont want this moment to end, for one day i know i shall fall short of the huge dream i have created just for myself, a lone daisy in the field on a stormy night, sakura petals torn from their branches in the violent graze of the feeling of being cut off, wistfully fading in the grey white reflection of the overly large crescent moon. let me breathe and live through these rose tinted glasses i choose to wear, let me live my illusion a while longer, before you choose to cut me at the roots, for i shall never see another fertile soil, never to go into full bloom, never to see another sunrise, with you.

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The speaker is in love and afraid of losing it. Everything looks beautiful to them right now, and the poem fills with cherry blossom imagery: pink light, morning dew, budding branches, a sunset. Small domestic details, like the scent of a partner's detergent mixed with the speaker's perfume, make the happiness feel close and real.

But the joy is shadowed by doubt. The speaker suspects the dream they have built will one day fall short, and they picture themselves as a lone daisy on a stormy night, or as petals torn from a branch. The "rose tinted glasses" are worn on purpose. The speaker knows the view may be an illusion and asks to keep it a little longer.

The ending is the saddest part. Being cut "at the roots" suggests a breakup would leave no chance of growing again, and the final words, "with you," make clear that no future sunrise would matter without this person. The mood is tender, dreamy and anxious all at once.

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