Still I hear those voices
From a time so long ago.
I see so many faces
But not the one I love and know.
I walk the same old streets,
Hear your footsteps just the same.
How I’d love to wake tomorrow
And walk with you once again.
Just to look into your eyes
And tell you about my day.
It’s those little things I miss
Since the day you went away.
I now pray to God in heaven
To keep you in his care,
To comfort you and heal this hurt
Until the day I meet you there.
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
