Why Am I Here

Why Am I Here

I could be anywhere, elsewhere

But I'm still here

Many are over there 

They once lived here 

Amongst us bright and fair

Breathing, God's good air

They once were here on this earth that we share

Now I wish they were here

But they are not

They once touched a flower

Wondered at its beauty, lived every hour

They were here, there and every where 

Living, hugging, kissing, loving, playing with us

They once called us, texted us, whispered to us

I love you 

I am here, before I knew me, they knew

I was protected, loved, nurtured, fed 

To be, to see the beauty that is life 

To know as I grow the order and steps that I may go

The choices to be made 

Learning from each, some to forbade

I'm a here and like them I could be elsewhere

While some by choice chosed to go

I am still here, coming out of death 

For everytime I lay my head and awake out of bed

I am called out like Lazarus by Him

Who said I go to awake him who sleepeth

They are no longer touching this body that is mine

But still here in me as I breath, live and love

As each passing day my memories so real

As to touch, to hold, to know, that we are never truly apart

While you who were here wait over there 

While you wait to hear the voice

Waiting for your change to come

To be given your other existence, reason 

To be given true beauty for ashes and dust 

A mind unlike any other to reason for eternity

A body that will never grow old

As we've been told

As you wait for what's to come 

Which no mind can reason, eyes seen, ears heard

Even entered into our hearts

Until time marries eternity 

You'll always be here in my heart.