Hotel Rooms

The heart has long known
that secret that stole life,
and the universities,
from German mathematicians.
Infinity beyond infinity,
love doubled, until
it suffuses the soul.
The first sip from that eternal cup
takes one by surprise.
Quiet moments,
illuminated in the dawn.
Or the strident passions,
of those first steps
into intimacy;
Sharing everything,
souls pressed close
against souls,
everything shared;
pain and rage and happiness.
Double what is in your heart
and you will know my heart.
The infinite hotel
is doubled
and all the rooms are filled
again.

I'm sorry to say, I've forgotten the name of the German mathematician in question. I'll get back to you with it. However, the concept of infinity beyond infinity can be explained through the metaphor of a hotel with infinite rooms: Imagine a hotel with an infinite number of rooms. An infinite number of guests show up and fill the infinite number of rooms. Imagine that then, another infinite number of guests show up. How are we going to fit them all in? Each person already in the hotel, moves over two rooms. This opens up an infinite number of rooms for the infinite number of guests that has just shown up. Cool, right?