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Love's Reference Count

#include <memory>
#include <vector>
#include <optional>
// Love flows through cycles of attachment and release
template<typename Heart>
class shared_love {
private:
std::shared_ptr<Heart> bond; // Strong attachment
std::weak_ptr<Heart> memories; // What remains
std::vector<std::weak_ptr<Heart>> past_loves;
// Each heart carries its own sorrows
struct wound {
std::string pain;
bool healed = false;
};
std::optional<wound> heartbreak;
public:
shared_love() {
// When love first awakens
// Pure and unattached
bond = std::make_shared<Heart>();
}
void connect(shared_love& other) {
// Two hearts sharing one space
// Reference count grows with love
bond = other.bond;
}
void remember() {
// Hold gently what once was strong
memories = bond;
}
bool still_attached() const {
// Do we hold too tightly?
return bond.use_count() > 1;
}
bool still_remembers() const {
// Some loves never fully fade
return !memories.expired();
}
void let_go() {
// Keep only a weak reference
// To what once was everything
remember();
past_loves.push_back(memories);
// Release the strong bond
// Watch the reference count fall
bond.reset();
// Mark the moment of release
heartbreak = wound{"Time heals"};
}
void heal() {
// Scars remind us we survived
if (heartbreak) {
heartbreak->healed = true;
}
}
~shared_love() {
// When the last reference falls
// Love returns to the void
// Yet memories remain
// Until they too fade to null
}
};
Created by Poetic Source

The poem uses C++'s smart pointer system to explore different aspects of love and attachment. Each method represents a different phase or aspect of love: • Construction represents new love's awakening • Shared pointers represent strong bonds • Weak pointers represent memories and past attachments • Reference counting mirrors how we hold onto relationships • Destructors reflect the natural cycle of letting go

Leverages several C++ memory management features: • std::shared_ptr for shared ownership semantics • std::weak_ptr for non-owning references • RAII for lifecycle management • Templates for generic love types • Move semantics for relationship transitions • Custom allocators for memory patterns The code is both metaphorical and technically valid C++.

Explores several aspects of love through memory management: • How do we share our hearts while maintaining boundaries? • What happens to past loves - do they truly expire? • How does memory of love persist after letting go? • When multiple hearts share the same love, who owns it? • Is love ever truly destroyed, or just returned to the universe?