(196) Works of Love
Our Duty To Be in the Debt Of Love
Kierkegaard and Self-renunciation in the Debt Of Love
Jesus often spoke in parables
Not always easy for all to grasp
Some things he said were tangible
But not simply done as task
Kierkegaard saw love as central to his teaching
And understood that love as an act or work
"You shall love your neighbor" was far reaching
So his perception this book provoked
Love is not simply intuitive
Though we feel it in our senses
Love is something quite intrusive
We need take down our defenses
It takes self-renunciation
To make love essential to our being
Love demands all our attention
To end our aesthetic dreaming
The middle term in love is God
So our love must be divine
Not worship as a passing nod
But practiced at all times
To remain in debt to love is sacred
It is love at its very essence
In some ways love strips us naked
As we stand within God's presence
There is more to love as the book will tell
This poem's halfway through our progression
We can have learned enough within its spell
To live out love's transformation