WHO AM I

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                                            WHO AM I

As I contemplated myself and my family today

I thought to myself: Who am I?

Did I come here on earth with a mission in mind

Or just to live and to die?

Was I sent here as a babe for my mother to love

To hold and cuddle when I cry?

Or was I sent to accomplish some wonderful thing?

Someone please tell me; Who am I?

As I grew as a lad, met friends and had fun

Amid the mountains and blue, blue sky,

Did I imagine myself doing some good

Or did I wonder to myself; Who am I?

I sit at my desk amid albums, journals and books

Of my wife, my family and I.

And I thought to myself, heaven forbid,

Does this really record; Who am I?

I grow older it seems and years 40 and 50 go by

But I don’t think of myself as being old.

Year 60 did come and year 70 went by

And I looked in the mirror; Who am I?

We go to reunions, we reminisce and we dream

Of the good old days gone by

And I think to myself as I sit here and write

Does ANYONE really know; Who am I?

What was my role in this life here on earth,

Did my spirit direct me aright?

Did I trod the right path; did I do what is right?

Please help me know; Who am I?

With direction from father, mother and wife,

Did they all help me get through this old life?

Have I done any good? With anguish I cry,

I need an answer from someone; Who am I?

My challenges in life from a babe till old age

Brought a little strife, but also much joy

To the old man I am, from the time I was a boy.

Now I’m beginning to see; Who am I?

As a spirit of God I started, before this life.

Then a boy, a husband and father did rise

And I looked in the mirror with wide open eyes.

And I said Father now I know; Who am I?