{"id":329,"date":"2025-08-05T14:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/?p=329"},"modified":"2025-08-05T14:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:32:14","slug":"the-limited-infinity-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/?p=329","title":{"rendered":"the limited infinity of love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(1.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh, to succumb<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; to your intimate joy<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; when untenanted worlds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">have fallen through me<br><br>and all veins have become<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the beaten path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(2.)<br><br>Oh, to know&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br>that my inexistence&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br>is somehow finite<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; and<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; so hopelessly mortal<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; in the presence of that hesitant smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(3.)<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Oh, to keep&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; (somewhere between<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; never and forever)<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; rediscovering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">that the antidote to atrophy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; lies in reliving<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the limited infinity of love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(4.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh, to be<br>yours again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">as driftwood in<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; tears<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a forest<br>relinquished<br>in rain of the heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">as scorpion grass<br>spilling roots<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; deep<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; within<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; skin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">like the growth rings<br>that mark<br>the slow wounding of light<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh,<br>to have aged<br>only nearer<br>and nearer<br>to you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">despite the wandering tides of our lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artwork: inexistence is somehow finite, By Ben Heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[7,8,6],"class_list":["post-329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-love-poems","category-poetry","tag-benheart","tag-love","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331,"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions\/331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}