What is it about you that compels me to 

find you, to seek you out? Is there comfort, 

 

or hope for a future with you? No! Yes! You 

offer me nothing more than a short affair

no matter how many times I seek something 

 

more from within your darkness. You come 

to me in different forms. You hide behind 

 

different names. You entwine and embed yourself 

with others that dilute you, your taste, your smell, 

 

your touch, how you feel upon my tongue. You . . .

what is it about you that compels me to

 

demand your best self, not just any self. Sometimes 

you are warm, even hotter than the devil. At other times

more from within your darkness. You come 

 

to me cool, chilled or frozen. You make me happy 

and restore balance to my soul, my 90% cocoa.