Poetry - S A Healey

From Self-Loathing to Self-Love (a poem)

by SA Healey | Apr 16, 2018 | Poetry

She often speaks of love But what of the adore She owes her own Seasoned body and soul The extraordinary simplicity Of a moment When conceding to her age Becomes a gift and not a crime When clock-stopping Loses its baby-soft appeal When big browns snagging On those...

More (a poem)

by SA Healey | Jul 8, 2017 | Poetry

She kept the bouquets Given in bloom Before reverence was a ghost Rancid lilies On the bedside table Patronizing her With their shelf-life devotion “Never again will I love,” she proclaimed “Never again will I give,” she explained “Never...

For Me (a poem)

by SA Healey | Jul 28, 2016 | Poetry

Write me In bold-stroked Sharpie fashion Cradle me Like you do your leather-bound literature Feed me Your compliments judiciously Bring me Faith in longevity Give me As good as you get Play me From lullaby to lyrical bite Make me A song that will save your life Render...

Recollection (a poem)

by SA Healey | Jun 23, 2016 | Poetry

I recall The pain Fluid In its persistence Stalking My mobility Diluting My vitality A humid shadow Of looming Consuming Endurance Oozing under footfalls Permeating soles Slogging north ‘Til all I could taste Was grit And disillusion I recall The tears Kept...

Why? (a poem)

by SA Healey | Sep 13, 2015 | Poetry

To dig deep. To win and to lose. To search for outlets. To bleed raw. To dance with my demons. To face the trauma. To explore what it means to experience life. To agonize. To intellectualize. To explode into the fragments I hide. To salt my wounds. To taste the tears....

Elastic (a poem)

by SA Healey | Jun 25, 2015 | Poetry

Dream Until it leans Sharper and insistent Until it shimmers Between the shreds of doubt Until it thaws And comes back to life Until it rips Through your diaphragm Until it tumbles In and out of promise Until it slams One door and pries...