I send you to the restless sun
Awaiting your sweet shine,
And in between this world and next
I’ll hold your hand in mine.
For it is there between the sky
And boundless clouds of blue
That those who’ve passed this way before
Are waiting there for you.
Life is made of many things,
Of love, of grief, of strife.
Women pulled by many strings,
A child, mother, wife.
And now those strings will bind no more.
You’re free to chase the wind.
This is where your troubles end
And where your peace begins.
Popular funeral poem based on a short verse by David Harkins. An uplifting poem about being grateful for a loved one’s life.
A moving funeral poem by Thomas Moore about mourning for a lost loved one, suitable for religious or non-religious services.
Funeral poem taken from William Shakespeare’s play ‘Cymbeline’, about a loved one finding peace in the afterlife.
The most famous of the ‘metaphysical’ poets, John Donne wrote this poem in 1611, after leaving his wife to travel to the continent. The poem
