Why Have I Returned Poem by Christopher Tye

Why Have I Returned

Why have I returned to this life,
For I died and have no place on this earth,
I walked to the light summoning me,
To the place of utopian peace and all knowledge.

Was I called before my time,
Have I been returned in error,
For me this earth was never my true home,
I always felt out of step with the world.

So have I returned for some divine purpose,
Have I some deed to accomplish here,
What does this world need me for,
Until I find out I am marooned here.

In the grand scheme of things what can I change,
For I am just one man out of place and out of time,
No great influence can I have here on earth,
For I am just a common man with no purpose.

A single man can't change the world alone,
I was never born to do great things,
I am just adrift in the sea of mankind,
Not knowing where the winds of change will led.

I sense something laying ahead for me,
What roads must I walk along to the end,
A journey leading somewhere unknown,
Something preordained in the cosmos.

So I am a spirit grounded in human form,
To live once more and die again,
For today I live to see life in nature,
Knowing what will be will be.

So I have returned here spirit unbroken,
To walk this land once again in body,
For how long and what ends who knows,
Is it God's will that I returned here.

Why I returned to a life of exile,
A man alone amongst his people,
Still living in the margins and shadows,
All that's changed in me is a voice in poetry.

By Christopher Tye