How Do I Love Thee? A Deconstruction

How do I love thee?

Let me count the ways...

I love thee with the boundlessness of light's journey -
In the blink of an eye, across endless space.
I love thee with the calm patience of flowers in snow,
In the season's change, as they keep the promise of spring.

I love thee truly as the river finds the sea.
I love thee faithfully as the shore awaits the tide.
I love thee with the hope and ardent longing of day for night,
Of twilight's endless wait for dawn.

I love thee with the innocence and recklessness
Of youth's dreams and childhood memories...

I love thee with the faith I have kept
In remembered failures and lost victories.

And if God so shall decide
I shall but love thee more in paradise.