{"id":3995,"date":"2017-09-26T14:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T11:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plamensivov.com\/?p=3995"},"modified":"2017-09-26T14:30:13","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T11:30:13","slug":"the-illusion-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plamensivov.com\/?p=3995","title":{"rendered":"The Illusion of Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a world where &#8222;more&#8220; is in constant supply,<br \/>\nfeeding frenzies of loneliness, fear and sweat,<br \/>\nthe Connecticut ice storm that catches your eye<br \/>\nbrings you back to the frame our monologues met.<\/p>\n<p>It was age-old performance, the dancing of veils \u2013<br \/>\nthe parade, in a show, in a dream, in disguise\u2026<br \/>\nWe imagined each other as somebody else,<br \/>\nwe pretended those four-lettered beautiful lies.<\/p>\n<p>And perhaps you arrived, and perhaps I was wrong \u2013<br \/>\nto the landscape of Rilke we added a kiss.<br \/>\nIt was more than poetic to seek and belong,<br \/>\nit was sacrilege, death, resurrection and bliss.<\/p>\n<p>It was none of those things\u2026 And a universe more.<br \/>\nWhat you meant, what I felt, how the symmetry slides.<br \/>\nAnd the knowledge of love is a punishing door<br \/>\nwhen its anguish opens and closes inside.<\/p>\n<p>The illusion of things is a dangerous fruit;<br \/>\nwe imagine until the horizons explode.<br \/>\nDamn the plot \u2013 it was not meant to be, but it should!<br \/>\nIf the timing could shift, if trajectories slowed.<\/p>\n<p>And the stars would align in benevolent skies<br \/>\nto continue the music of love and regret\u2026<br \/>\nThe Connecticut ice storm that catches your eye<br \/>\nwill uncover again our two silhouettes.<\/p>\n<p>Lyrics by Diana Stefanova<\/p>\n<p>Music by Plamen Sivov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a world where &#8222;more&#8220; is in constant supply, feeding frenzies of loneliness, fear and sweat, the Connecticut ice storm that catches your eye brings you back to the frame our monologues met. It&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,26],"tags":[864,50,1038,717,46,718],"class_list":["post-3995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31","category-26","tag-fingerstyle","tag-guitar","tag-illusion","tag-poetry","tag-singer-songwriter","tag-song","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plamensivov.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plamensivov.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plamensivov.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plamensivov.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plamensivov.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.plamensivov.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plamensivov.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plamensivov.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plamensivov.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plamensivov.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}