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Your sist.com.auFuneral Poems,Readings & QuotesFuneral readings help to express the feelings we are facing and are unable to putinto words, and can be used to celebrate your loved one’s life or provide comfort togrieving family and friends.We have listed a number of traditional and contemporary poems, readings andquotes, and we hope that they provide you with some inspiration and solace.www.yourlifeassist.com.auFUNERAL POEMS, READINGS & QUOTESPage 1

Your sist.com.auGeneral – Poems & ReadingsI thought of You TodayShe Is Gone (He Is Gone)Author UnknownDavid HarkinsI thought of you with love today but that is nothing newShe Is Gone (He Is Gone)I thought about you yesterday and days before that tooYou can shed tears that she is goneI think of you in silence. I often speak your nameOr you can smile because she has livedAll I have are memories and your picture in a frameYou can close your eyes and pray that she will come backYour memory is my keepsake with which I’ll never partOr you can open your eyes and see all that she has leftGod has you in His keeping I have you in my heartYour heart can be empty because you can’t see herOr you can be full of the love that you sharedA million times we ve wanted youYou can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterdayA million times we criedOr you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterdayIf love could only have saved youYou can remember her and only that she is goneyou never would have diedOr you can cherish her memory and let it live onIt broke our hearts to lose youYou can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your backBut you didn t go aloneOr you can do what she would want: smile, open your eyes,For a part of us went with youlove and go onthe day God called you homewww.yourlifeassist.com.auFUNERAL POEMS, READINGS & QUOTESPage 2

Your sist.com.auMiss Me But Let Me GoIf Tomorrow Starts Without MeAuthor UnknownShortened version written by David RomanoWhen I come to the end of the roadWhen tomorrow starts without meAnd the sun has set for meand I’m not here to seeI want no rites in a gloom filled roomIf the sun should rise and find your eyesWhy cry for a soul set free?filled with tears for meMiss me a little- but not too longI wish so much you wouldn’t cryAnd not with your head bowed lowthe way you did todayRemember the love that we once sharedWhile thinking of the many thingsMiss me-but let me gowe didn’t get to sayFor this is a journey we all must takeI know how much you love meAnd each must go aloneas much as I love youIt’s all a part of the Master’s planAnd each time you think of meA step on the road to homeI know you’ll miss me tooWhen you are lonely and sick at heartWhen tomorrow starts without meGo to the friends we knowdon’t think we’re far apartAnd bury your sorrows in doing good deedsFor every time you think of meMiss me- but let me goI’m right there in your heartwww.yourlifeassist.com.auFUNERAL POEMS, READINGS & QUOTESPage 3

Your sist.com.auAfterglowHer Journey’s Just BegunHelen Lowrie MarshallE BrennemanI’d like the memory of meDon’t think of her as gone awayto be a happy oneHer journey’s just begunI’d like to leave an afterglowLife holds so many facetsof smiles when life is doneThis earth is only oneI’d like to leave and echowhispering down the waysJust think of her as restingOf happy times and laughingFrom the sorrow and the tearstimes and bright and sunny daysIn a place of warmth and comfortI’d like the tears of those whoWhere there are no days and yearsgrieve, to dry before the sunOf happy memories that I leaveThink how she must be wishingWhen life is doneThat we could know todayHow nothing but our sadnesscan really pass awayAnd think of her as livingIn the hearts of those she touchedFor nothing loved is every lostAnd she was loved so much.www.yourlifeassist.com.auFUNERAL POEMS, READINGS & QUOTESPage 4

Your sist.com.auInside Our DreamsThe way I feelJeanne WillisAuthor UnknownWhere do people go to when they die?They say there is a reason,Somewhere down below or in the sky?They say that time will heal,‘I can’t be sure,’ said Grandad, ‘but it seemsBut neither time nor reason,They simply set up home inside our dreamsWill change the way I feel,No-one knows the heartache,That lies behind my smile,No-one knows how many times,I have broken down and cried,I want to tell you something,So there won’t be any doubt,You’re so wonderful to think of,But so hard to be without.www.yourlifeassist.com.auFUNERAL POEMS, READINGS & QUOTESPage 5

Your sist.com.auWhere do they go to?Legacy of LoveKevFAuthor UnknownWhere do they go to, the people who leave?A wife, a mother, a grandma tooAre they around us, in the cool evening breeze?This is the legacy we have from youDo they still hear us, and watch us each day?You taught us love and how to fightI’d like you to think of them with us that wayYou gave us strength, you gave us mightA stronger person would be hard to findWhere do they go to, when no longer here?And in your heart, you were always kindI think that they stay with us, calming our fearYou fought for us all in one way or anotherLoving us always, holding our handsNot just as a wife not just as a motherWalking beside us, on grass or on sandFor all of us you gave your bestNow the time has come for you to restWhere do they go to, well it’s my beliefSo go in peace, you’ve earned your sleepThey watch us and help us to cope with our griefYour love in our hearts, we’ll eternally keepThey comfort and stay with us, through each of our daysGuiding us always through life’s mortal mazewww.yourlifeassist.com.auFUNERAL POEMS, READINGS & QUOTESPage 6

Your sist.com.auSo go and run freeI’m FreeAuthor UnknownAuthor UnknownSo go and run free with the angelsDon’t grieve for me, for now I’m free, I’m following theDance around the golden cloudspath God laid for meFor the lord has chosen you to be with himI took his hand when I heard his call, I turned my backAnd we should feel nothing but proudand left it allAlthough he has taken you from usI could not stay another day, to laugh, to love, to work, to playAnd our pain a lifetime will lastTasks left undone must stay that way, I’ve found thatYour memory will never escape uspeace at the end of the dayBut make us glad for the time we did haveIf my parting has left a void, then fill it with remembered joyYour face will always be hiddenA friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss, ah, yes, these thingsDeep inside our heartstoo I will missEach precious moment you gave usBe not burdened with times of sorrow, I wish you theShall never, ever departsunshine of tomorrowSo go and run free with the angelsMy Life’s been full, I savoured much, good friends,As they sing so tenderlygood times, a loved one’ touchAnd please be sure to tell themPerhaps my time seemed all too brief, don’t lengthenTo take good care of you for meit now with undue griefLift up your heart and share with me, God wanted menow, He set me freewww.yourlifeassist.com.auFUNERAL POEMS, READINGS & QUOTESPage 7

Your sist.com.auDo Not Stand At My GraveAnd WeepEpitaph on a FriendMary FryeRobert BurnsWhere do they go to, the people who leave?An honest man here lies at restAre they around us, in the cool evening breeze?The friend of man, the friend of truthDo they still hear us, and watch us each day?The friend of age, and guide of youthI’d like you to think of them with us that wayFew hearts like his, with virtue warm’dWhere do they go to, awhen no longer here?Few heads with knowledge so inform’dI think that they stay with us, calming our fearIf there’s another world, he lives in blissLoving us always, holding our handsIf there is none, he made the best of thisWalking beside us, on grass or on sandWhere do they go to, well it’s my beliefThey watch us and help us to cope with our griefThey comfort and stay with us, through each of our daysGuiding us always through life’s mortal mazewww.yourlifeassist.com.auFUNERAL POEMS, READINGS & QUOTESPage 8

Your sist.com.auBy Herself and Her FriendsPoem for NanaJoyce GrenfellSarah VineIf I should go before the rest of youTo my dearest darling NanaBreak not a flower nor inscribe a stone,Up in Heaven, high aboveNor when I’m gone speak in a Sunday voiceI know today you’re with us allBut be the usual selves that I have knownAnd sending all your loveWeep if you must, Parting is hellBut Life goes on, So sing as wellToday we all remember youAnd bid you one last goodbyeCelebrate the life you’ve hadAnd maybe have a cryYou’ll never be forgotten NanI’ll just close my eyes and seeYour smiling face and feel your loveAnd you’ll be close to meYou had such a long lifeSo many have so lessIt was your time, the Angels cameAnd placed you with the bestSo dear Nana, up aboveAlthough your no longer hereIn my heart is where I’ll keep youForever, you’ll be nearwww.yourlifeassist.com.auFUNERAL POEMS, READINGS & QUOTESPage 9

Your sist.com.auGeneral – Quotes““There’s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar goton your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard andheartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your Mother’s story, becausehers is where yours begin.”MITCH ALBOM““If there is ever a tomorrow when we’re not together, there is something you mustalways remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, andsmarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart.I’llalways be with you.”A.A. MILNE“““A special person, a special faceA special someone we cannot replace.”“To hear your voice, to see you smileTo sit and talk to you a whileTo be together in the same old wayWould be our greatest wish today”““In our hearts you will always stayLoved and remembered every day”www.yourlifeassist.com.auFUNERAL POEMS, READINGS & QUOTESPage 10

Your sist.com.au““May the winds of love blow softly”“And whisper for you to hearThat we will love and remember youAnd forever keep you near”“““This day will be remembered and quietly keptNo words are needed, we will never forget”“We didn’t see you close your eyesWe didn’t say goodbyeWe were only told that you were goneWithout a last goodbye”““““To live in the hearts of those we loveis not to die”“It’s not what we write, it’s not what we sayIt’s how we remember you in our own special way”“Tired and weary you made no fussYou tried so hard to stay with usYour suffered so much and told so fewYou never deserved what you went though”www.yourlifeassist.com.auFUNERAL POEMS, READINGS & QUOTESPage 11

Your sist.com.au““Though his/her smile has gone foreverAnd his/her hands we cannot touchWe shall never lose the memoryOf the .we loved so much”“““““Weep not that he/she has gone, but smilethat he/she has been”“A tender thought that brings a tearA silent wish that you were here”“To the world you were but one, to us youwere our world”“With tears we saw you sufferWe watched you fade awayOur hearts were slowly breakingAs you fought so hard to stayYou did not want to leave usBut you did not go aloneFor part of us went with youThe day God called you homeNo words are needed, we will never forget”www.yourlifeassist.com.auFUNERAL POEMS, READINGS & QUOTESPage 12