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MelissaL Junior Member
since 2000-08-13
Posts 22Joshua Tree, CA, US |
My best friend's mom just passed away, and her funeral is coming up shortly. I'm looking for a nice, suitable poem to read at the ceremony. I would write it myself, but I'm an amature, and not very good at it. Please help! Thanks. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
You may use this if you think it is suitable, Melissa. Please extend my sympathies to your friend and her family. Safely Home Denise Corbley Snyder Speak of me when I am gone When I no longer greet the dawn And bid no more the night farewell Speak of me, remember well All the times we shared together And cherish them, please, forever. Grieve not long when I depart For I’ll be still within your heart I’ll still live in each memory You’ll have still each thought of me Take comfort that I’m home at last The victory won, my labors past. I shall be in God’s embrace I shall see His radiant face And I’ll ask He comfort you Bless your days your whole life through Dry your tears and your fears erase Fill you full of His loving grace… And bring you safely home to me Where we’ll dwell with Him eternally. |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
A gentle wind blew cross the land Reaching out to take a hand For on the winds the angels came Calling out a mother's name. Left behind, the children's tears Loving memories of the years Of joy and love, a life well spent And now to God, a mother's sent. With saddened heart, a child's farewell Regrets of love, forgot to tell Mother's whispers from above "Twas not words, that showed your love." As flesh departs, deep sorrow's pain But mother's love shall e'er remain Inside each child a mother lives For of herself, a mother gives. On angel's wings, a heavenly flight The journey home, towards the light To those who weep, a life is gone But in God's love, 'tis but the dawn. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
God looked around His garden And He found an empty place. He then looked down upon this earth, And He saw your tired face. He put His arms around you And lifted you to rest. God's garden must be beautiful, He always takes the best. He knew that you were suffering, He knew you were in pain. He knew that you would never Get well on earth again. He saw the road was getting rough And the hills were hard to climb So He closed your weary eyelids, And whispered "Peace be thine." It broke our hearts to lose you, But you didn't go alone. For part of us went with you The day God called you home. You left us beautiful memories, Your love is still our guide, And though we cannot see you, You are always by our side. Our family chain is broken, And nothing seems the same, But as God calls us one by one, The chain will link again. Author unknown |
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StarrGazer Senior Member
since 2000-03-05
Posts 679Texas |
This poem has always been a favorite of mine ... Do not stand there at my grave and weep I am not there, I do not sleep I am the thousand winds that blow I am the diamond glints on snow I am the sunlight on ripened grain I am the gentle autumn's rain When you awaken in the morning's hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight I am the soft stars that shine at night Do not stand there at my grave and cry I am not there, I did not die -Gwydion |
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