Anon

Feel no guilt in laughter, she’d know how much you care.

Feel no sorrow in a smile that she is not here to share.

You cannot grieve forever; she would not want you to.

She’d hope that you could carry on the way you always do.

So, talk about the good times and the way you showed you cared,

The days you spent together, all the happiness you shared.

Let memories surround you. A word someone may say

Will suddenly recapture a time, an hour, a day,

That brings her back as clearly as though she were still here,

And fills you with the feeling that she is always near.

For if you keep those moments, you will never be apart

And she will live forever locked safely within your heart.

Anon

When I am dead

Cry for me a little

Think of me sometimes

But not too much.

Think of me now and again

As I was in life

At some moments it’s pleasant to recall

But not for too long.

Leave me in peace

And I shall leave you in peace

And while you live

Let your thoughts be with the living.

Anon

Don’t grieve for me now that I’m free,

I’m following paths God made for me.

I took His hand, I heard Him call,

Then turned and bid farewell to all

I could not stay another day,

To laugh, to love, to sing, to play.

Tasks left undone must stay that way,

I found my peace at close of day.

If my parting left a void,

Then fill it with remembered joy,

A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,

Yes, these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened deep with sorrow,

I wish you sunshine of tomorrow.

My life’s been full, I’ve savoured much.

Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief,

Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.

Lift up your heart and share with me,

God wants me now

He set me free.

Anon

There is a word, of grief the sounding token.

There is a word bejewelled with bright tears.

The saddest word fond lips have ever spoken,

A little word that breaks the chain of years.

It’s utterance must ever bring emotion,

The memories it crystals cannot die.

‘Tis known in every land, on every ocean,

It is

Goodbye

Anon

Think of me as one at rest,

For me you should not weep

I have no pain no troubled thoughts

For I am just asleep

The living, thinking me that was,

Is now forever still

And life goes on without me now,

As time forever will.

If your heart is heavy now

Because I’ve gone away

Dwell not long upon it friend

For none of us can stay

Those of you who liked me,

I sincerely thank you all

And those of you who loved me,

I thank you most of all.

And in my fleeting lifespan,

As time went rushing by

I found some time to hesitate,

To laugh, to love, to cry

Matters it now if time began

If time will ever cease?

I was here, I used it all,

And now I am at peace.

Anon