The Calling

They have already lived and died

They have already lived and died

              who made our past

or else they’re lost

              in mists through which we cannot peer

I search for them

              I read their ways

reclining here

              turning the pages of a book

I look for the life

              and the thoughts that shook

                             their souls to their foundations

Their voices reach me

              convert my ways

and suddenly I’m changed

              by all they thought and did

All stored up, now

              stored and ready

                             waiting to be released.