{"id":5010,"date":"2026-07-25T14:17:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=5010"},"modified":"2026-07-25T14:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:30:46","slug":"heaven-bent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2026\/07\/25\/heaven-bent\/","title":{"rendered":"Heaven-Bent"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Heaven-Bent<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes Seekers
\nof the Treasures
\nKnown Only
\nto The Soul<\/p>\n

Speak of
\n\u201cAscended Masters,\u201d
\nAs If
\nOur Souls
\nIssue from
\nAll That Is
\nDivine,
\nFormed of
\nLove and Light,
\nJoy and Laughter and \u2026
\nLadders?<\/p>\n

As If
\nOur Maker
\nHas Set Us
\nAt the Base of
\nMount Holy,
\nFacing an Eternal Ascent
\nof Some Infinite
\nHierarchy.<\/p>\n

What If
\nInstead of Clambering
\nHigher and Higher,<\/p>\n

The Maker\u2019s Desire,
\nIn Sparking Out
\na Universe of
\nLove-Soaked Fractals,<\/p>\n

Is To Loose
\nTribes of Artists,
\nHeaven-Bent on
\nSeeing How
\nFar and Wide,
\nLow and High,
\nThey Can Expand
\nThe Love In Their
\nOne-of-a-Kind
\nExpressions of
\nThe Art of
\nEmbracing Fear<\/p>\n

Until It Collapses
\nInto the Arms of
\nLove That Knows
\nNo Hierarchy.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Brad Barmore; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Heaven-Bent Sometimes Seekers of the Treasures Known Only to The Soul Speak of \u201cAscended Masters,\u201d As If Our Souls Issue from All That Is Divine, Formed of Love and Light, Joy and Laughter and \u2026 Ladders? As If Our Maker Has Set Us At the Base of Mount Holy, Facing an Eternal Ascent of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t