{"id":2502,"date":"2019-02-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/at-the-edge-a-poem-by-elle-harris\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T21:33:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T21:33:25","slug":"at-the-edge-a-poem-by-elle-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/blog\/at-the-edge-a-poem-by-elle-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Edge, a Poem by Elle Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5294\" src=\"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/julia-caesar-15078-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"Bella Grace Magazine\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"artcred\">\n\tWords: <span style=\"color: #ca877f;\"><a style=\"color: #ca877f;\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\"> Elle Harris<\/a><\/span>\n\t<br\/>\n\tPhoto credit: <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Julia Caesar<\/a><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Remember this is temporary<br \/>\nand nothing stays the same<br \/>\neven in the moments that draw<br \/>\nand lengthen<br \/>\nand stretch<br \/>\nand pull you way past comfortable<br \/>\ntaut to the point of tear<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nbroken to the point of fracture<br \/>\neven then<br \/>\neven there<br \/>\ntenacity is found in the conscious decision<br \/>\nto breathe once more<br \/>\nThere is power in the promise of not yet<br \/>\nbut someday<br \/>\nin forgiving the spirit-leached parts of yourself<br \/>\nin pursuit of a future version you can muster the courage to imagine<br \/>\nFocus every nerve and fiber on the allure of nevertheless<br \/>\nindwell your mind on the audacity of a hope you\u2019ve yet to see<br \/>\nput confidence in the unanswered prayer<br \/>\nbe it nothing more than a wasted utterance<br \/>\nand take care to consider that unanswered<br \/>\nis not the same<br \/>\nas unheard<br \/>\nAnd someday \u2013<br \/>\nin the distant<br \/>\nor not so distant future<br \/>\nyou\u2019ll discover that the pain<br \/>\nonly existed to keep you awake<br \/>\nand the mask of struggle is a darkness allowed,<br \/>\nonly to foreshadow the promise of light<br \/>\nRemember this is temporary<br \/>\nand nothing stays the same<br \/>\nlet it hurt<br \/>\nlet it tire<br \/>\nlet it wear you to the brink<br \/>\nbecause somehow<br \/>\nif you\u2019re brave enough to look<br \/>\nthe view is always clearest<br \/>\nat the edge<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Elle Harris is a believer of impossible things. She is a lover of words, wonder, and the whimsical delights of everyday living. Caught in the creative place between reality and imagination is her favorite place to be. Please join Elle in pursuing life with intention, and grand conversation on her blog <a href=\"http:\/\/thisquotablelife.wordpress.com\/\">thisquotablelife.wordpress.com<\/a>. Find Elle on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @ElleHarris82.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Remember this is temporary and nothing stays the same even in the moments that draw and lengthen and stretch and pull you way past comfortable taut to the point of tear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[166,165],"class_list":["post-2502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","tag-poems","tag-poetry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}