She Calls Me Stranger

She calls me stranger By: Steven Hudson I’ve watched you grow from a distance, But only through second hand pictures and story lines, Watched you grow from a baby girl, to little girl, and promising young lady Silently, keeping quiet because that’s the promise I made I know you, but you don’t know me, precious one, For my life was a whirlwind of trouble then, And I wished to spare you from the same, If I passed you by, you wouldn’t even know my name To you I’m just a stranger, a passerby, a no one, But for me you are my little girl. My blood courses through your veins, And now I must confess, I do it now sadly, That you have had to call another not me, your daddy. I’ve often wondered if there would be a connection if you saw me today, Even though you don’t know who I am, Would I give it away, the way I gave you away, would my eyes betray the truth? I really don’t know. It has been heartbreaking at times my dear, And I would spare you from the same, So it was I who would forgo the introduction, and allow you to take another man’s name And a stranger I must remain Was it right? Was it wrong? In my mind it has been so long now But still I wonder sometimes, If you were scared, did you have a hand to hold? If you were uncertain, did you have someone to reassure you? If you’re hurt, who was there to comfort you? Questions heaped upon mountains of regret. But find you, find you someday I will, my dear And begin to build a foundation that will last, In hopes of, She calls me stranger, a thing of the past