You knocked something loose inside myself,
Something hidden and hard to reach,
The day I met you, I found myself,
It must have been something in your speech,
You stood in front of the class, a picture of poise,
Your tone so refined, and gestures just right,
The moment you spoke met the death of other noise,
The ideas you conveyed were so bright,
They reached down into the deep pit of my soul,
Turning my darkness to light,
You changed me that day that you spoke to us all,
Changed me with your incredible insight,
Those words were not meant for me,
Though they seemed to be,
And I wish I could say just what was knocked loose,
Inside of my soul that very day,
But, truth is, I don't know,
But I'm bound to discover it, someday, some way,
And when I do, I'll tell you,
I'll tell him too,
And thank him for the words,
That he said that day.