Would you lose br Life for me? br Step beyond br Barren region br Of self-thinking, br Give a walkover br To self-rule? br br Would you die br For supreme virtue? br br Would you meet br Death for me? br Guiding others br To bountiful ground? br Searching for br The gone astray... br Until found? br br And, subdue br Wishes to highest br Rule of Truth? br Curb instincts br For noblest purpose? br For the other... br Sweating blood... br Reaping crop br Of favors flood? br br Be tested devotee - br A pleasing gift for Me? br Always eager br For heroic gesture, br Piously self-giving... br Dying while living... br Living by reason br Of regally dying... br Dying for The Undying... br Living because br Of dying for me? br br Would you lose... br Life for me? br Unsparingly br Sacrifice oneself br To unfailingly br Protect me? br Be creedal devotee br To Immutable Thee? br Fully sacrificing br Altering, shifting 'me' br For the Unchanging, br Infinite Thee? br br Would you die for me? br Be virtuously self-giving - br Not giving to get pleasure - br Using me as mere object br In vast measure? br Not crushing our br Shared, sacred dignity? br Partaking in destined br Full blown felicity... br Not deprive of Life br In intimacy strife? br Being set free br By loving Me... br And, die to thee... br To verily love Me? br br Your not dying - br Is less... br Worse and worse! br Than lying... br To love Me... br Is to die to thee... br br ******* br Would your lose br Your life for me? br .............................................................................. br br Oh, the infinitival br Dynamism of love!br br Dorothy Kardas, Psy.D. Th.D.