Orange Peel

by N J Thornton   Feb 22, 2006


Stunted fingernails scrape back
the first slither of orange skin,
bounding a torrent of zest to spurt
into the royal keyhole of my soul,
stinging, watering - heartbreaking.

Reluctant, I remove the fruit’s shell
longing for a worthy distant aim
to splash upon an unwary significant,
instead, my citrus emotion’s reflected,
discarded, rejected - abandoned.

Eyes smarting – juice offends a single soul.
Pith concealed – surplus heart needs healing.

**This poem can be interpreted in many, many ways. Please do not be afraid to say what it meant to you; you will NOT be wrong. I wrote this poem in such a way that I want the reader to interpret what it means to them personally. Thanks.

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  • 17 years ago

    by Bridgette

    This is a truly amazing poem. I love the way that you wrote it where everyone can relate to it and interpret in their own way. You had such great imagery and word usage in this and it really kept my attention. Great job on this. I really liked it.

  • 17 years ago

    by Arsalan D

    This is brilliant. I would have to agree with your interpretation. It's funny because I got the idea a couple of days ago to try to bring together things that I thought have the nothing in common and make a poem out of it and see what people get out of it. Very nice you are extremely talented

  • 18 years ago

    by PS

    Wow i feel like a raw anger or bitterness coming from it. its really good. esp the first line. i can just feel the raw-ness of it. i dont know how else to put it. nice job!

  • 18 years ago

    by Kaylee

    The imagery was really good and yes it does capture the imagination. I've read some people's interpretations on it. The ones I thought of though when I first read the poem were well....my own "secrets" But it took me a while to read and by the time I was done rereading all I could picture now is well an orange. That and well what I thought it meant to me anyway. I liked the title. It tied in well.

  • 18 years ago

    by Sole

    Wow! The imagery used is perfection :) It really does capture the imagination of the reader - well done! There are many interpretations I made from your poem, some are even already listed! But all my interpretations were sad - perhaps it's just me - I hope everything is ok xXx.

    Peace. [Sole]

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