Sympathy Poems and Verse

Sympathy Poems is home to an ever-growing collection of the best grief poems / funeral readings which can be read out at funerals and wakes, or simply kept private and treasured. Grief is one of the hardest things to face in life, and unfortunately it is something which most of us will experience in our time. Writing or reading grief poems and funeral verses is something which many find beneficial in helping them to complete their journey through the bereavement process.

Writing about the death of a loved one is never easy, as it can stir up many emotions and force you to deal with your loss and accept it. However, this is part of the grieving process and should not be seen as a negative thing. I hope that these funeral poems help anybody who is dealing, or has dealt with bereavement, to begin to heal.

I write this verse
Because I know you mourn
The loss of a loved one
So sad forlorn

You were together
For so many years
Now you face the future
Through lonely tears

Don't be disheartened
Remember I care
When all else are gone
I'll still be there

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Death is so final
From which you can't come back
Crossing over to the other side
Your thread on life goes slack

What happens next
Jesus gave us a clue
Follow his example
You will live again too

Free of all life's encumbrances
Brand-new life and body
Especially for you and always
Worshipping the one so Holy

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How did he fare
That day he breathed his last
Did he finally find
Forgiveness in his past

The Lord has said
It's never too late
Come to me and ask
To cleanse my life's plate

So when you finally face him
On the day of final judgement
Remember you have an advocate
With Jesus the incumbent

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Up until he breathed his last
We weren't sure that he would go
He had been sick so long
He always got well and so
It came as a surprise to me
When he finally went
But which way he did his soul go
I hope it was heaven sent

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And now you're gone
It's an arrow through my heart
I don't know how I'll survive
Not now that you're departed.

But survive I know I must
Though not looking toward tomorrow
Remembering the good times we had
Tinged with heavy sorrow.

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Your mortal life is at an end
And your spiritual life has started
Going on to blaze the way
Now that you're departed.

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The preacher said it's over
Your soul has gone away
But he doesn't know our love
How in my heart you'll stay

Though you're gone
I feel you here, though not in the usual way
To your spirit I make this plea
Close by my side please stay.

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How many years were we together
How many years did we survive
How many years didn we live and love
How long were you part of my life

And with your parting I will cherish
The time we've spent together
How we promised each other
We'd love each other forever.

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Life is so fleeting
Death is so complete
On day, dancing
The next, under someone's feet

I know I'll miss you
Now you're gone
Makes me wonder
How I'll carry on

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Now you're taken from this life
A new journey you have started
This final journey we can't share
Now that you've departed

But ashes to ashes
And dust to dust
Remember I love you
On that you can trust.

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