Lying in Bed Being Beautiful Next to You

 Thanks, Tracey for reading this poem and commenting on it.  The stanza you speak of is reflective of this woman's thoughts of her beauty at her older age.  The ice and the lemon are totally metaphoric and the reader of course can glean what they want from it. It is not a "usual" metaphor, I agree. The concept of ice and lemon together- cold and tart-caressing in a glass of water is not all that different from two human beings, yes?

Anne