Sad Poem, does anyone know it.

[sparklegirl]

Gone From My Sight

I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.

Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone."

Gone where?

Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.

And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"

And that is dying...


I love this one too x

[Nicksgirl]

Originally Posted by Colette-S

Do you have pintrest Tracy? There are a lot on there and some really beautiful words

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I don't but thanks Col, I have scoured the internet, I think I must be going mad, but I am sure I have heard it somewhere, oh well. xx

[mskitty]

Originally Posted by Dr.JumbaJookiba

Death is nothing at all.
It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Nothing has happened.

Everything remains exactly as it was.
I am I, and you are you,
and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.

Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.

Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is absolute and unbroken continuity.
What is this death but a negligible accident?

Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just round the corner.

All is well.
Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before.
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!

Source: familyfriendpoems/po...-scott-holland

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This is the one that gave me most comfort when we lost my step dad.

[Neep]

I found this earlier this year:
MEDITATIONS BEFORE KADDISH

When I die give what’s left of me away
to children and old men that wait to die.
And if you need to cry,
cry for your brother walking the street beside you.
And when you need me, put your arms around anyone
and give them what you need to give me.

I want to leave you something,
something better than words or sounds.
Look for me in the people I’ve known or loved,
and if you cannot give me away,
at least let me live in your eyes and not your mind.

You can love me best by letting hands touch hands,
and by letting go of children that need to be free.
Love doesn’t die, people do.
So, when all that’s left of me is love,
give me away.

MISHKAN T’FILAH

[ROBBOTOO]

I can’t see one with those words, but these are lovely...

[Susanjane]

Originally Posted by Dr.JumbaJookiba

Death is nothing at all.
It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Nothing has happened.

Everything remains exactly as it was.
I am I, and you are you,
and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.

Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.

Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is absolute and unbroken continuity.
What is this death but a negligible accident?

Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just round the corner.

All is well.
Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before.
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!

Source: familyfriendpoems/po...-scott-holland

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I chose this one to be read at my husband’s funeral last month as it seemed just right.

[djewkes]

Originally Posted by sparklegirl

Gone From My Sight

I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.

Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone."

Gone where?

Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.

And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"

And that is dying...


I love this one too x

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I had that at my mums funeral, I found it very comforting...

[Bestbubba]

Originally Posted by Nicksgirl

After losing our beautiful Myrtle Friday week, now my poor friend has lost her Bull Terrier.

There is a lovely poem, all I can say is it says, I am not dead, I did not die... but it is not the poem that starts... Do not Stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep …

Can anyone help please. Thank you. xxx

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Is it The Rainbow Bridge?

I've tried to add a link but i cant, if you Google lots of versions come up, its lovely. Its for pets not people...

[alibeau]

DD2 chose this one for DD1's celebration of life ceremony:

What's Mickey without Minnie
What's Piglet without Pooh
What's Donald without Daisy
That's me without you

When Peter Pan can't fly
And Simba never roars
When Tigger stops bouncing
And Cinderella stops cleaning floors

When Dumbo's ears are small
And happily ever after isn't true
When Goofy isn't funny
That's when I'll stop loving you

Ali x

[Colette-S]

Originally Posted by alibeau

DD2 chose this one for DD1's celebration of life ceremony:

What's Mickey without Minnie
What's Piglet without Pooh
What's Donald without Daisy
That's me without you

When Peter Pan can't fly
And Simba never roars
When Tigger stops bouncing
And Cinderella stops cleaning floors

When Dumbo's ears are small
And happily ever after isn't true
When Goofy isn't funny
That's when I'll stop loving you

Ali x

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That is so beautiful Ali, just perfect x