For dark companion thou doth beckon
one for with to face your reckon
then out from shadow with silent start
into moonlight the lone Dark Heart

Captured fast the breath thou take
eyes wide in fear of move to make
till nearer drawn with gentle care
thou witness eyes of soft despair

Figure cloaked in black before thou
raises hand to touch but halts now
fingers that bear the chill of absence
and dread the touch of false essence

Into thy eyes and to thy soul
searching for what makes thee whole
a search for she who shall fill the part
a search for the one other Dark Heart

I used to buy a comic book call The Maxx, and it had little classified ads in the back, free.
They were mainly for penpals, but also for comic artists and such seeking jobs or jobs seeking artists or writers.
You get the picture.

Well, I found this one particular chick, and I really liked her ad, and the ad inspired the poem.
It had no title at the time, and I was going to send it to her with the letter.
I was not expecting anything to come of the poem. I was not trying to get involved or anything.

I sent the letter, and it came back as no such address. I took it to a postal employee, and he felt it was probably a zipcode error.
With a possibly correct zipcode added, I sent the letter again, and it came back saying no such address.
I then decided to name the poem, "S.E.: Where?". S.E. being her initials.

Time passed, and I felt the title should be changed,
so I enlisted the help of some net friends at the Buffy The Vampire Slayer thread boards, where I "hung out" at the time.
I took suggestions, and thought I didn't go with any exactly, one did inspire the current title.
I don't recall what the suggestion was.


At the time of writing the poem, I was going by the name Dark Heart, and I had mown definition of dark, in that respect.
The over-simplified definition would be loneliness, though not quite that pathetic.
For a better idea, you can go to the stories section of my website and check out the Dark Heart Dimensions trilogy.
If you don't want to read all three, then the first one will suffice.