Funeral Thank You Verses
sympathy verses for death
There are 7 aspects to finding a suitable poem
funeral thank you verses: NO is about truth and identification.
The message needs to be clearly identified as relevant and timely.
funeral thank you verses: HELLO is about openness and attention.
Its importance lies in bringing attention to aspects of death and dying that can perhaps otherwise not be recognized.
funeral thank you verses: THANK YOU is about giving from the heart.
The poignancy of the reading will depend upon striking a balance between too little and too much sentiment.
funeral thank you verses: GOODBYE is about completion and moving on.
The finality of death has to be dealt with; there is comfort to be offered in Truth.
funeral thank you verses: PLEASE is about vision and prayer.
Many people have little or no experience of prayerfulness hence the special value of poetry to create sacredness through beauty.
funeral thank you verses: SORRY is essentially about release.
Remorse, guilt and blame are issues that poems can address elegantly.
funeral thank you verses: YES is about accepting and surrender.
Perhaps the deepest compassion is expressed when leading the bereaved to accept what is inevitable.
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
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