Stardust

I.

As the stardust fell
I felt a hole in me,
or could it be that
I found something I couldn't
live without?

Lost, my heart is-
Maybe not lost,
given as a lovely gift.

Just unknowingly.

II.

Beautiful beyond mortal belief,
she stands before me.
Victoria has haunted my dreams
while I dreamt of only her.

And in an impetuous, tense moment,
I vow I shall never love another-

Endlessly I promised this.

Author notes

In the tranquil fields and meadows of long-ago England, there is a small hamlet that has stood on a jut of granite for 600 years. Just to the east stands a high stone wall, for which the village is named. Here, in the hamlet of Wall, young Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester. And here, one crisp October eve,

Tristran makes his love a promise -- an impetuous vow that will send him through the only breach in the wall, across the pasture... and into the most exhilarating adventure of his life.

I'm trying to get at how Tristran feels.

Book: Stardust by Neil Gaimen.