Jorge Luis Borges was a world renowned Argentinian poet. Although his translations lack the authenticity of the original Spanish, they have managed to capture the essential challenges to which Borges alludes in his writing. His intelligence caused him to wrestle with boredom in a way which ultimately has resulted in this gift of his poetry to mankind. He was a depressive who found consolation only in challenging himself to present his inmost thoughts in innovative and challenging new ways.
In all his poems, Borges communicates a profound sense of grief. He expresses a kind of injustice to his perception of time, which is the common perception of time, which is transience. Because time cannot stand still, it is constantly robbing people and blessing them. In "Limits" Borges most deliberately speaks about this peculiar kind of grief in his exploration of human relationships. They are always temporary, yet people still accept that inevitable heartache by engaging in relationship.
Other poems, like "Sleep" allude to a similar loss due to time, but this is a profound loss of self. In dreams a person learns about their own mind and experiences a sort of liberation, but there is always again that first waking moment when the person becomes aware that the dream is sleeping away and will soon be forgotten entirely.
