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july 16, 2023 / 2:42 AM
i need to be up in less than 6 hours but i just need to get this out of my head. i have been reading aloud the last stanza of 'the orange' by wendy cope in my brain over and over for the last three days. i cannot gettt it out of my headjksljfdkl but i don't mind bc i really love the poem so much. i'm really bad at poetry analysis (my ap lit performance can prove that) but
At lunchtime I bought a huge orange--
The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave--
They got quarters and I had a half.
And that orange, it made me so happy,
As ordinary things often do
Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park.
This is peace and contentment. It's new.
The rest of the day was quite easy.
I did all the jobs on my list
And enjoyed them and had some time over.
I love you. I'm glad I exist.
but like read this and tell me it's not the most refreshing and just AUSLDJFKLDSG thing you have ever read bc it Sure is for me. i love this poem so much i'm obsessed with the whole finding joy in the mundane thing. it's something i try to do every day. also the "just lately" i love that there's some shift in the author's perspective, like she's coming out of a rough period and can finally breathe, or maybe just naturally came into this realization without anything in her life in particular changing. This is pace and contement. It's new. IS SOOOOO FREAKINGJSKFJDLFJSLJFDS PEACE AND LOVE ON PLANET EARTHHHHH i literally don't even know what to say or how to put my feelings onto this page liiiiiiiiike. i just!!!! it's so breath of fresh air. it's so peace and it's so. wow, the sunset sure is pretty. DONT even get me started on the last line I love you. I'm glad I exist that shit is the CUTEST Line ive ever heard. I like that it isn't explicitly romantic or anything, it could be about basically anyone in her life she loves!!! the first thing i think about are my friends and it makes me so happyyyyy. me kicking and screaming abou tthis line because just AAAAJSKFLJSL SOOO contentment and joy, even if just for this moment. Even if there are storms to come, there is joy to be found in small moments because what is life if not a bunch of small moments! i'm pretty sure that's a line from a musical theater song or something i can't remember rn DDDD: but anyways i have to sleep. i love you. i'm glad i exist.