Remembrance Poems
Remembrance Poems for Funerals
Remembrance poems for funerals: NO is about truth and identification
Sentiment is the enemy of love, we need to be authentic if we are truly to touch the depth of feeling appropriate to the sad occasion
Remembrance poems for funerals: HELLO is about openness and attention
It is helpful to expand awareness of the nature of death and dying, to soften taboos about facing the inevitable
Remembrance poems for funerals: THANK YOU is about giving from the heart
Expression of appreciation awakens heart feelings and can transform grief into a spiritual dimension of understanding and sacredness
Remembrance poems for funerals: GOODBYE is about completion and moving on
The irrevocable aspect of this event means it is a turning point that must be faced; best as a new beginning with optimism
Remembrance poems for funerals: PLEASE is about vision and prayer
Not everyone is comfortable with prayer who is nevertheless a believer; a poem can be a prayer and ease the tension
Remembrance poems for funerals: SORRY is essentially about release
Much blame and guilt surrounds the occasion of death; it can be rarely dealt with openly
Remembrance poems for funerals: YES is about accepting and surrender
What we cannot change, we must accept
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7 Poems for Bereavement
Dignity
Honour goes to he who has lived
He who has walked head high
He who has stood and spoke his word
He that never did lie
He leaves behind a wealth of sorts
A pearl beyond all measure
His name will stand as firm as rock
It's that that we can treasure
For he stood his ground when others shook
He held his values clear
And I for one respect his name
And hold his memory dear
Seeing God As Our Only True Friend
As children of God, we are small and so weak
We struggle and suffer in pain
The mood of this age so somber and bleak
We forget what is actually plain
Holiness reaches each place
It touches each heart, knows every tear
And recognizes each face
Let's remember that, and trust what we know
That worldliness is not an end
But a means to an end, and that end is in God
Seeing God as our only true Friend
Towards the Sacred Light
Though hearts are heavy
Though tears may fall
And grief’s mood is strong
Let us move our thoughts
And have them fall
On the departed’s journey on
From this world of pain
Through the hallowed wall
Towards the sacred light
To be blessed again
And be loved by all
And free from endless bite
O Heart of Sorrow
O heart of sorrow, heart bereft
This day is heavy felt
The coldest winter night descends
Which seems can never melt
O heart of sorrow, heavy shell
No tears can bring relief
The dreams of future seasons grim
So deep the sense of grief
Yet live my heart!
The dawning day brings its bright release
Our beloved friend, in freedom now
Has surely found his peace
You Have Gone Far Away
Forgive me, forgive me!
You have gone far away
Taking what can’t be replaced
Your voice and your play
Your smile and your touch
And your love with which you were graced
Deeply regretting
My casual trust
Now feeling the depth of what’s lost
I’ll remember you always
Forever my love
And give thanks that our life paths have crossed
Let Go
We serve not the dead in mourning
It is we who need such ease
Let them go then! Let them go
Allow their sweet release
Their passage is adventure
Beyond our earthly sight
So let them go then, let them go
Dissolved into the light
James Burgess
