I was traveling
been traveling
sometimes
lost
I turned
suddenly
because I heard you
heard YOU
when YOU called my name
like a memory
you called it right out
my very own name
not what they gave me
or what I've even been persuaded
to call myself
not this stranger
you called MY name
what I am
what I am deep deep deep
inside
my own and only being
I heard you
loud and clear
and suddenly
forgotten
footsteps
caught up with me
and I saw
what I needed to see
and I saw
what I needed to be
all because
your voice
knew how to speak
my name
01/25/2006 11: 24am E.S.T.
Stephen Warren Williams
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/because-you-called-my-name/
