From "Words in Mourning Time"
Jun. 21st, 2002 10:22 pmVII
voice in the wilderness
Know that love has chosen you
to live his crucial purposes.
Know that love has chosen you.
And will not pamper you nor 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
voice in the wilderness
Know that love has chosen you
to live his crucial purposes.
Know that love has chosen you.
And will not pamper you nor 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