Rhonda Elliott Poet Elegy

Maybe

I don't know if there's a heaven, 

not in the way they say. 

Golden gates, bright lights,  

or even a list of who gets to stay. 

 

But I know I miss you,  

I know how much I love you.  

I know a bond as strong as ours  

can't possibly just disappear. 

 

Maybe there really is an after, 

and it's a beautiful place beyond this pain.  

But sometimes when it's quiet,  

I swear I hear you calling out my name.  

 

Maybe it's a memory, 

It could be just a trick of the mind.  

Or maybe it's a soul deep wanting  

for that eternity, not of our time. 

 

They say I'm not meant to know the answers,  

just follow the rules and his plan. 

But honestly, the mom inside of me needs to believe,  

I'll see your face again.  

 

So I'll live here in the maybe,  

In this painful, aching, empty space.  

Not sure of a heaven,  

But holding on to the hope  

we’ll be together once more someday.  

 

And maybe.. just maybe...  

that’s enough for me right now.

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