Tom Cintula is a poet and writer from Staten Island, NY who has four full-length poetry collections such as Sonnetsphere, Sirius and Anathematic Darkness, and Adventures Aren't Always Fun, with chapbooks entitled Chameleon and Tornado. He also has writing contributions for poetry for Alien Buddha Press, along with JA Books, Pyre Publishing, NJ Bards and Poetries in English. His previous contributions include The Borgen Project, Game 7 Sports Club and All Access MMA. He is a graduate of The College of Staten Island with dual degrees in Sociology/Anthropology and Philosophy.

This is the image of a heart, half broken and another half of one. This image was created as a symbol of what unrequited means to me. Since the heart is incomplete, the volume is unfulfilled and somewhat broken. Therefore, it can't be whole. It takes two people for one union. Two pieces of this heart can't go together if they are shaped this way.