i who love you tell you this

know that love has chosen you, to live his crucial purpose. know that love has chosen you.  and will not pamper you or spare; demands obedience to all the rigorous laws of risk, does not pamper, will not spare.  oh, master now love's instruments - complex and not for the fearful, simple and not for the foolish. master now love's instruments

i who love you tell you this,
even as the pitiful killer waits for me,
i who love you tell you this.

"Robert Hayden - words in the morning time VII - voice in the wilderness"