Elastic (a poem)

SA Healey | Jun 25, 2015 | Poetry | 9 comments | 1 min read

Elastic, a poem written by S. A. Healey
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 open another
Until the pain
Begins to rise again
Until you cry out
In despair
Until the spells of vertigo
Are almost too much
Until you run
Out of tries
Until you fall
Out of tears
Until you bleed
Out of cants
Until you fill
Up with cans
Until you escape
The finality of no
Until your reach
Is elastic
Until you grab
What’s yours
And
Hold
The
Fuck
On

SA Healey

Wife. Mom. Coffee enthusiast. Author of twisty romance novels, including the Amazon bestseller, Empty Me Out.

9 Comments

meo..... laura on June 30, 2015 at 1:23 pm

very very very stupend……..
kiss for you
marcello
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- SAHealey on July 1, 2015 at 9:06 pm
  
  You are so kind. Thank you so much xx
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  - meo..... laura on July 2, 2015 at 8:46 am
    
    a delight believe me ……
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georgeforfun on July 19, 2015 at 5:17 pm

Reblogged this on georgeforfun.
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- SAHealey on July 20, 2015 at 11:14 am
  
  Thanks very much 😊
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Lily Lau on July 19, 2015 at 9:21 pm

How can I love the ending so much…!?
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- SAHealey on July 20, 2015 at 11:12 am
  
  You are very kind. Thank you. 😊
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Megan Kay's Blog on July 30, 2015 at 3:16 am

….and hold the fuck on!!!
I love the roller coaster ride of this piece, so poignant; so raw.
Daring to dream freely is imperative! If you’re happy, to hold the fuck on, of course… x
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- SAHealey on December 3, 2015 at 11:40 am
  
  Megan, I am just now seeing this. Thank you so much for your lovely feedback. I’m still holding the fuck on…for dear life! xoxo
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