You might be covered
By eyelids closed
Over your whole being,
Or reach with desperation
For something alive
To hold onto.
Your fingertips will hide
In a fist. No more palms
Open to life.
Humbled, the very ground
Will seem so large. Someday
The earth will own you.
Or you see there’s no time
To waste, and plow
Into previously feared goals.
Try to be patient
If it takes you years
To return.
This is the exit from Eden,
When you have chosen life
While wanting to die.
This is the fall that gives
Wisdom, perspective, gratefulness.
It is worth the crawl, back to life.
Funeral Poems & Readings
After Their Death
A funeral poem for comfort during unsettling times
Print
After Their Death
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
WhatsApp
Email
Print
Funeral Shop
Keeping the memory alive. See our high-quality range of funeral products and jewellery including urns, ash pendants, keepsakes, candle holders, bracelets, rings and more.
More Funeral Poems
Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where this is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, ...
Read Full Poem →
Beyond The Empty Chair
Look beyond the empty chair To know a life well spent Look beyond the solitude To days of true content Cherish in your broken heart ...
Read Full Poem →
My Best Friend’s Departure
I jumped; you caught me. I laughed; you joked. I was down; you picked me up. I crumbled; you glued me back together. I loved ...
Read Full Poem →
Since The Loss Of You
Since the loss of you, I’ve learned to live for each day And take it as a blessing, Knowing it may not always be this ...
Read Full Poem →
Virtue Immortal
Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridall of the earth and skie; The dew shall weep thy fall to-night; For thou must ...
Read Full Poem →
The Triumph Of Death
No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world, that I am ...
Read Full Poem →
The Candle
A candle burns bright in a window of gold A beacon for life’s weary heart Promising beauty and splendours untold Of a world that now ...
Read Full Poem →
Grandpa
Dear Grandpa, I don’t want you to worry about me. This was the plan from the very first day. God told me to trust him, ...
Read Full Poem →
The Loss Of A Loved One
The loss of a loved one is so hard to face. You just want to hide, go somewhere and escape! But death is something we ...
Read Full Poem →
As One
It’s okay to miss you, It’s okay to cry. Just know I’ll never forget you. This isn’t a permanent goodbye. Sometimes I sit and wonder ...
Read Full Poem →
Of Joy and Sorrow
Then a woman said, ―Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.‖ And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from ...
Read Full Poem →
Precious Memory
The rain may wash my pain away The wind may dry my tears The Summer sun may heal my heart And time subdue my fears ...
Read Full Poem →
The Best And Most Beautiful Things In The World
The best and most beautiful Things in the world cannot Be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Read Full Poem →
The Fight
My body’s cold, lips are blue. Why did I do this because of you? I feel the earth below me like a pillow under my ...
Read Full Poem →
The Sea Spirit
Ah me! I shall not waken soon From dreams of such divinity! A spirit singing ‘neath the moon To me. Wild sea-spray driven of the storm ...
Read Full Poem →