Grief Poetry: Poems of Death and Mourning

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Comment by catherine a. perry on January 22, 2012 at 8:50pm

So Let Me Say Goodbye
Let me lie here next to you,as time is fading oh so fast,
The angels are near and will be taking you from me
So darling let me lie here next to you so I can say goodbye,
Thank you dear for years of your love and taking such great care of me;
Bringing me flowers when I was sad or just to see me smile;
You would do anything to make me happy and make life a little easier;
so let me lie here next to you,as time is fading oh so fast;
The angels are near and will be taking you from me,
So darling let me lie here next to you so I can say goodbye;
Let me tell you before you go how sorry I am that I was not always there;
if I did not always show you the love you deserved,but I loved you and only you;
I am sorry for any heartache I may have caused you,
And hope that you have forgiven me and that you are at peace,
So let me lie here next to you,as time is passing oh so fast,
The angels are near and will take you from me,
So darling let me lie here next to you so I can say goodbye;
These last few years were not kind to you, as one thing after another
has taken over you and left you unable to go on;
Our hearts are breaking because God has called you home;
and we do not want to let you go;
So let me lie here next to you,for time is fading oh so fast;
The angels are here now to take you away from me;
So give me one last kiss my darling,close your eyes,let the angels take you home,
One day,my darling we will meet again,in heaven.
Dedicated to the loving memory of my husband of 42yrs
Mr.Ronald E. Perry
Feb.02,1944 - Sept.05, 2009
By Catherine A. Kitchens Perry

Comment by catherine a. perry on January 22, 2012 at 8:07pm

                               Fly Away Bluebird

                    Fly fly away beautiful bluebird

                    Fly the wide blue yonder,of god's great wonders

                    Fly through the heavens,pass the stars of his universe

                    Search God's home for my loved one

                    She will be easy to find,she's at the right hand of God

                    She's the one with the brightest halo and the sweetest smile

                    When you find her,whisper in her ear,tell her I'm here,

                     Still loving and missing her,

                     Day after day and year after year,forever,

                     So fly, fly away beautiful bluebird,she's waiting.

                     Dedicated to the loving memory of my dear aunt

                     whom died in 1959 during the birth of her daughter

                     whom survived               

                      By Catherine A. Kitchens Perry

Comment by Terry Hume on July 8, 2011 at 4:43pm

Migrations

For Dad

 

Before spring,

we longed for the warmth of summer

but it was too late this year

to expect

a pardon

disease had spread

the length of your days

We agreed upon bluebirds

( your form of reincarnation)

to help buffer the loss.

 

The ducks came back

this spring

four feathers afloat in the pool

proves their presence

like the nest I found

high in the tree

sheltering eggs.

Comment by Sharon P on February 2, 2011 at 9:34pm

Thank you Pam

Comment by Pam Brooks on January 30, 2011 at 12:07am

Sharon, I really like that poem.

Comment by Sharon P on January 13, 2011 at 6:33pm

A poem I came across yesterday to post on my blog in memory of the 5th yr since my brother's death.

 

 

Broken Chain:

 

We little knew that morning that God was going to call your name. In
life we loved you dearly, in death we do the same. It broke our hearts
to lose you, you did not go alone; for part of us went with you the day
God called you home. You left us peaceful memories, your love is still
our guide, and though we cannot see you, you are always by our side. Our
family chain is broken and nothing seems the same, but as God calls us
one by one, the chain will link again.

Comment by Liza Smith on January 4, 2011 at 12:20am

Here's a poem that I find comforting:

 

Death is nothing at all

I have only slipped away into the next room

I am I and you are you

Whatever we were to each other

That we are still

Call me by my old familiar name

Speak to me in the easy way 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 we always 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 effort

Without the ghost of a shadow in it

Life means all that it ever meant

It is the same as it ever was

There is absolute unbroken continuity

What is death but a negligible accident?

Why should I be out of mind

Because I am out of sight?

I am waiting for you for an interval

Somewhere very near

Just around the corner

All is well.

Comment by Maggie-David's little sister on December 14, 2010 at 4:07am

A beautiful poem that gets me through...

                                               

DAVID J. RECOVO

2/20/69-10/30/09

May your spirit soar in freedom
From the fears that gripped so tight.
May you find the peace your searched for
As you wandered, lost, in the night.

May your tortured mind be clear and calm
And your tender heart be warm.
May you have no need for strength now.
May there never be another storm.
                                                           

May the music of the angels                                        

Be the sweet sounds that you hear.
As you're rocked in Heaven's cradle

May you never shed another tear.                          

I'll wear your memory proudly,
My only brother...my true friend.
May my love for you reach Heaven above                 
Until we meet again.

Comment by Michael C. Owens on November 11, 2010 at 2:58am

Connected spirits like twins born years apart

You intuitiive to my survival, my life, my heart beat

As though you heard the beat in the womb

Guardian protector of light my sister, my friend

What is it but love that distracts wrath


Turning it your direction telling demons "Stow It"


And knowing wood splintered into your flesh

A given sacrifice offered freely sparing my flesh

Only to be given later again and again as willingly

I am dying again one more time of grief, lungs stop,

Breath stops, heart will stop

Twin soul skips school hearing Tunkasila call


I am struck from behind shaply, unexpectedly


A fist hard blow of your hooky from 7th grade into my back

My heart beats again and breath of life sucks into lungs

The heart still not knowing how to live, beating a

Drum to learn to live

Later My sister, My friend alone, broken, abandoned

Afraid, you sent me all you had in the world, everything to you

When I was physically broken by another's carelessness

And senseless violence. Again saving me.

You gave so much, sacrificed everything of nothing that you had

I keep dying to myself, the heart still learning to live

Only your voice in the wind on Spirit's mist may save me now

if I listen. Still I live and cannot live.

I know you understand. I always knew as I am

So connected to you that down inside you gave so much

Because you knew the same pain and couldn't figure out how to live

I doubt dying taught living. Living teaches that.

I am certain your heart taught giving and sacrifice.

I also knew deeply that all you every really wanted was to be loved!

Comment by Holly S on October 12, 2010 at 8:01pm

God, can you give this to my daddy?
Dear daddy
Im your first daughter, u never got to hold
God took you back to heaven, at 35 u were not very old,
Some coward hit u with his car, and just drove away?
I was still inside my mommys belly, and there your love would stay,
I know your watchin over us, i can see your beautiful smile,
Mommy says you will be here for quite awhile,
I know u love us, even from above
For there is nothing stronger than my daddys love:)
love Lilly