"I called for you," the voice rang out.
The silence echoed back my doubt.
"You never came." My own disgrace
Spoke to me in this forsaken place.
How could I know an abandoned child
Would call me out yon traveled miles?
I cried for all the abandonment
The fear, the hurt, disobedience.
"I didn't know," my heart spoke to her,
This lonely, broken, fearful girl.
"I'll never leave again," I cried.
"Please believe I would have tried
To get to you if I had known
You were waiting here all alone."
I picked her up and held her close
Of those I love, she means the most.
I'm devoted, now, to keep her safe,
This little girl who shares my face.