(255-260) Works of Love IV
Love Seeks Not Its Own
The Lover's Unspoken Gift
The lover creates an environment
For the beloved to grow in strength
So the beloved becomes independent
For that the lover will go great lengths
This is the greatest benefaction
To help open the gates to freedom
The lover makes of self no distraction
Create dependency is a kind of treason
The lover's great desire
Is the beloved's individuation
So the lover will do all that's required
To reach that consummation
The beloved then can stand alone
And love in turn from independence
Again love seeks not its own
Thus acts to improve existence
The lover seeks invisibility
So the beloved is independent
When the beloved feels true stability
That's why love itself's resplendent
The beloved may then become a lover
In the process of love thus goes on
Individuation would spread all over
It's the best that love can spawn
The labor of love is not possession
The lover seeks no ownership
This act of love, love never mentions
Yet it's the most blessed of all gifts