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