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
If you are standing by my side,
Giving me the courage
To carry on with pride.
I’ll hold onto our memories,
Until this life is done.
In my heart is where I’ll store them,
Where we can be as one.
Short funeral poem by Thomas Hood, about saying goodbye to a loved one. Ideal for a religious or non-religious funeral service.
This poem is especially suitable for funerals because it uses the image of a candle to celebrate remembrance of someone who has died. The poem
This short poem by the 19th century Romantic poet John Clare evokes the beauty of nature and the remembrance of the past in the immortality
I still say I Love You, But now there’s no reply. I always feel your presence As if you never left my side. I remember
