Only Heaven Knows Poem by Shelley L Baxter

'My heart once beating strong; now has slowed.
Just slow enough to endure this life,
not still enough to reach up my hand, into the clouds...
out of tortured times.

Just whispering your name shatters my panes,
the windows of my soul have started to break,
my heart is yours but will you heal it...
do we have the time only heaven knows?

I feel your pain and it's overwhelming and unsure,
it's so hard not knowing whether things will be all right
many factors come into play...
not just for your life but for mine too.

I know the pain that swallows us whole,
this chance I'm willing to take is not for show,
please answer my heart no matter what’s in store.
For 'My love, I can't seem to live as half...
when once you made me whole.'