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Limits of Infinity
by John Herlihy → (All Poetry by John Herlihy)
Tuesday, August 10, 2021 Rated "G" by the Author.

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-- The Limits of Infinity -- John Herlihy Never two mysteries have been so mysterious; Eternity and infinity roam our minds imperious. Two prominent concepts we can’t rightly take in; When they knock and timidly enter, our minds spin. Infinity yawns and we see but limitless space; Our questions swim drunkenly in this amazing place. A single point extends into an endless encircling line; Wherever we may turn, our hearts for an end pine. How do we handle no horizon, no cliff, no edge; In the natural order of the universe, we feel the pledge. Where is the promise to be found in infinite space? Endless realms of nothingness offering very little grace. Even darkness has its limits, there in the dead of night, That steals away as a thief with the coming of dawn’s light. Nor can light wax limitless, being swallowed by the night; The ascent of the solar orb makes sunrise a blessed sight. Touched by the heavens, the horizon kissed by the sun; Time’s wheel ever turning as another glorious day is won. We feel comfortable with time’s end, know it too has a death; We inhale, we exhale, knowing full well the limits of breath. The world to go on turning, unfettered by angels, forever; Similar to falling into a dark abyss and landing, never. What is an eternity, at times, but the act of sitting still, To hold oneself in calm repose by a deliberate act of will. Give me a life with beginning and end, my heart will quicken; Give me eternity and infinity, and my heart will feel stricken. - - - - - - Copyright © John Herlihy Monday 5 October 2020

Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on August 14, 2021

I UNDERSTAND BUT WE'VE GOT TO KEEP IN MIND...ON THIS SIDE WE PEER AT ETERNITY AND INFINITY THROUGH THE WARPED VISION AND LIMITED INTELLECT OF OUR HUMANITY. HOWEVER, OVER THERE...THE INVALUABLE WEALTH OF ETERNITY AND...INFINITY WILL SURELY BE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD AND TREASURED BEYOND MEASURE. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Mystic Rose

Reviewed on August 10, 2021

What is an eternity, at times, but the act of sitting still, lol, if we were to achieve this art at a young age, we might not have survived to eternity of it all, then, Today, I welcome it. Thankyou for always delivering so much richly presented text. You bless my life with it. Thankyou John.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Strangely, while I'm intrigued with the astrophysicist's continual search for the end of the universe, and somewhat with the philosopher's grappling with eternity, I find that being consumed by them as an utter waste of time.

I'm very comfortable with them being unattainable. So I focus on the practical, the attainable. The small steps, one step at a time. The first step on the moon, and then on Mars. With better instruments looking deeper into the universe with each generation. But everything is small step leading to the ultimate conquering the fear over what these things, unattainable things, really are.

Ron