Oh Heart... Poem by chantelle ribeiro

Stop, please stop
I am weak
I am only one
I feel your excitement
The tremor so familiar
The breathlessness
The quickened pulse
But not now
Please, not now!
Don't cross that bridge
Oh heart
Please heal first
You are so scarred
Ravaged by the past
Devastated by the present
Vulnerable you fall again
The ultimate victim
The slave of passion
You always search
And here we are again
Hold on
Just wait for me to rest
To lay my soul down for a bit
Before the next excruciating test