{"id":874,"date":"2020-09-29T17:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/?p=874"},"modified":"2020-09-29T19:02:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T19:02:43","slug":"i-cannot-see-the-curvature-of-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/2020\/09\/29\/i-cannot-see-the-curvature-of-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"I cannot see the curvature of Earth&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-22-2020-Peter-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-22-2020-Peter-2.jpg 603w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-22-2020-Peter-2-300x65.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/audio\/Horizons.m4a?_t=1601398952\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block\" style=\"font-weight: normal;font-size: 15px;line-height: 1.3\">Horizons by Barbara Helvey Hughes, 2020 for Peter Valentine\u2019s<br>\u00a0<br>I cannot see the curvature of Earth<br>nor grasp the rare intentions of my birth.<br>Cannot explain each question, every doubt<br>nor know my path, nor comprehend each rout.<br>No matter how insistent I may be<br>I simply cannot see.<br>\u00a0<br>I can\u2019t perceive Awareness with a glance<br>nor neglect to connect<br>when dots seem more than chance.<br>Might I detect some transcendental force<br>directing, projecting<br>the orbit of my course?<br>Did we agree, to be?<br>\u00a0<br>My brain complains, convinces me I\u2019m free<br>to scheme, dream, to plot<br>my lot ~ most decidedly.<br>With each resolve I set my arrow true.<br>How could I bet the target would be you?<br>Could I foretell the target might be you?<br>\u00a0<br>Are Love spells cast in heaven\u2019s ether tao<br>then, stitched into Eternity\u2019s bright brow?<br>I vow ~ if our paths crossed<br>at any time, but now<br>and if I\u2019d recognized your Soul ~ somehow<br>I would have run, concluding Love\u2019s a joke.<br>The story trapped inside<br>my head, instead, awoke<br>and listened to the songs and poems you spoke.<br>\u00a0<br>No, none of us can ever see ahead<br>nor understand our road or where its lead.<br>But I\u2019ll awake still nestled in your arm<br>and I\u2019ll awake inside your amber glow<br>and you will know, and I will know, no fear<br>for neither you, nor I, will come to harm<br>and as I listen to<br>you whisper in my ear:<br>\u201cI Love you.\u201d<br>\u00a0<br>I will reply \u201cI Love you, too, My Dear.\u201d<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>*Love is the language spoken here. I Love you Peter F. McKinnon and I will be eternally grateful you found your way to me\u2026.and, I, to you.<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-love","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":878,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874\/revisions\/878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}