If God is calling your name,

a name that is common enough,

how would you know,

what could make you sure

it was he called

and not some other who might answer first

before you could decide,

or just after you

and say he spoke before

you drowned him out

with your greediness, your

need to be the favorite,

the only one

whose name God knew

for sure?

Then

don't answer at all

with the chance

that you might hear:

“Oh no, not you;

I'm waiting for another,

the one who never volunteers.”