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A Selection of Poems and Verses for a Funeral HELPING YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY A selection of poems and verses for a funeral Dignity Funeral Services She Is Gone (He Is Gone) Don’t Cry for Me You can shed tears that she is gone Don’t cry for me now I have died, for I’m still here I’m by your side, Or you can smile because she has lived My body’s gone but my soul is here, please don’t shed another tear, You can close your eyes and pray that she will come back I am still here I’m all around, only my body lies in the ground. Or you can open your eyes and see all that she has left I am the snowflake that kisses your nose, Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her I am the frost, that nips your toes. Or you can be full of the love that you shared I am the sun, bringing you light, You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday I am the star, shining so bright. Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday I am the rain, refreshing the earth, You can remember her and only that she is gone I am the laughter, I am the mirth. Or you can cherish her memory and let it live on I am the bird, up in the sky, You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back I am the cloud, that’s drifting by. Or you can do what she would want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on. I am the thoughts, inside your head, While I’m still there, I can’t be dead. David Harkins Anon Remember Me To the living, I am gone, Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep To the sorrowful, I will never return, Do not stand at my grave and weep To the angry, I was cheated, I am not there. I do not sleep. But to the happy, I am at peace, I am a thousand winds that blow. And to the faithful, I have never left. I am the diamond glints on snow. I cannot speak, but I can listen. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I cannot be seen, but I can be heard. I am the gentle autumn’s rain. So as you stand upon a shore gazing at a beautiful sea, When you awaken in the morning’s hush, As you look upon a flower and admire its simplicity, I am the swift uplifting rush Remember me. Of quiet birds in circled flight. Remember me in your heart: I am the soft stars that shine at night. Your thoughts, and your memories, Do not stand at my grave and cry; Of the times we loved, I am not there. I did not die. The times we cried, Mary Frye The times we fought, The times we laughed. For if you always think of me, I will never have gone. Margaret Mead A Selection of Poems and Verses for a Funeral • Dignity Funerals • www.dignityfunerals.co.uk | 2 Let Me Go Angel When I come to the end of the road Tear drops, slow and steady, The pain so real and true, And the sun has set for me God took another angel, And that angel, dear, was you. I want no rites in a gloom filled room Angel wings, upon the clouds, Your body softly sleeps, Why cry for a soul set free? Hush now little angel, No more tears you have to weep. Miss me a little, but not for long Little prayers are sent to you, The short life you led; And not with your head bowed low Your family will never forget you, So rest your little head. Remember the love that once we shared Miss me, but let me go. I know God will look after you, Now you are truly alive, Your spirit soars beyond the moon, Your legacy will survive. For this is a journey we all must take And each must go alone. You’re beautiful, you’re endless, Now stretch your wings and fly, It’s all part of the master plan You’re loved by so many, It will never be goodbye. A step on the road to home. Close your pretty eyes, No more tears, just go and rest, When you are lonely and sick at heart Let your soul lie peacefully, We know you did your best. Go to the friends we know. Anon Laugh at all the things we used to do Miss me, but let me go. Christina Rossetti The Star A light went out on Earth for me The day we said goodbye Pardon Me for Not Getting Up And on that day a star was born, Oh dear, if you’re reading this right now, The brightest in the sky I must have given up the ghost. Reaching through the darkness I hope you can forgive me for being With its rays of purest white Such a stiff and unwelcoming host. Lighting up the Heavens Just talk amongst yourself my friends, As it once lit up my life And share a toast or two. With beams of love to heal For I am sure you will remember well The broken heart you left behind How I loved to drink with you. Where always in my memory Don’t worry about mourning me, Your lovely star will shine I was never easy to offend. Anon Feel free to share a story at my expense And we’ll have a good laugh at the end. Anon A Selection of Poems and Verses for a Funeral • Dignity Funerals • www.dignityfunerals.co.uk | 3 Gone, But Not Forgotten Come with me Don’t think of her/him as gone away God saw you getting tired Each time we see your picture, Her/His journey’s just begun, And a cure was not to be You seem to smile and say Life holds so many facets So He put His arms around you ‘Don’t cry, I’m in God’s keeping This earth is only one. And whispered ‘Come with Me.’ We’ll meet again someday.’ Just think of her/him as resting With tearful eyes You never said ‘I’m leaving’, From the sorrows and the tears We watched you suffer You never said goodbye, In a place of warmth and comfort And saw you fade away, You were gone before we knew it, Where there are no days and years. Although we loved you dearly And only God knew why. We could not make you stay. Think how she/he must be wishing A million times we needed you, That we could know today A golden heart stopped beating, A million times we cried, How nothing but our sadness Hard working hands at rest, If love alone could have saved you, Can really pass away. God broke our hearts to prove You never would have died. He only takes the best. And think of her/him as living In life we loved you dearly, In the hearts of those she/he touched It’s lonesome here without you, In death we love you still , For nothing loved is ever lost We miss you more each day, In our hearts you hold a place, And she/he was loved so much. Life doesn’t seem the same That no one could ever fill. Since you’ve gone away. Anon It broke our hearts to lose you, When days are sad and lonely But you didn’t go alone, And everything goes wrong, For part of us went with you, We seem to hear you whisper The day God took you home. How Did They Live? ‘Cheer up and carry on.’ Not, how did they die, but how did they live? Rhonda Braswell Not, what did they gain, but what did they give? These are the units to measure the worth Of a person as a person, regardless of birth. Not, what was their church, nor what was their creed? But had they befriended those really in need? Were they ever ready, with a word of good cheer, To bring back a smile, to banish a tear? Not, what did the sketch in the newspaper say, But how many were sorry when they passed away? Anon A Selection of Poems and Verses for a Funeral • Dignity Funerals • www.dignityfunerals.co.uk | 4 A Song of Living Afterglow Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. I have sent up my gladness on wings, to be lost in the blue of the sky. I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I have run and leaped with the rain, I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, I have taken the wind to my breast. Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. My cheek like a drowsy child I’d like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun; to the face of the earth I have pressed. Of happy memories that I leave when life is done. Because I have loved life, Anon I shall have no sorrow to die. Amelia Josephine Burr I Am Free Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free, All Is Well I’m following the path God laid for me.
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