(208-212) Works of Love Part Two I
Love Builds Up
"Love hopes all things"
Building up and tearing down may have similarities
They are still in stark contradiction
When we see their particularities
Any real link is a fiction
Building up presumes essential health
Tearing down assumes some great need
The building lover works on the self
Tearing down takes love and force-feeds
Tearing down implies a mastery
Building up speaks of its service
The tearing acts on its casuistry
Building knows the ground of love has purpose
Love is patient and thus accepting
Of all the time and thought love takes
Tearing down is often resenting
And the process a burden makes
Building up assumes all burden
Is by the beloved borne
Knowing there is love for certain
Love does not rejoice in wrong
Building in love bears all things
Because it knows and thus believes
Assuming love then love will bring
The beloved to divine relief
In building up there is no break
There's consistency in its presupposition
That love will endure and thus will make
For the building up of the lover's condition