i seen awhile ago on here some poems and some were for losing a loved one well if anyone knows where i can find them again please let me know i need them before thursday if that is possible thanks for any help

was it really recently? the one in the thread i asked for a poem from Mo....i can bump it up if you like

Forever In Our Hearts

By: Author Unknown

God looked around His garden
And He found an empty place.
He then looked down upon
This earth and saw your tired face.
He put His arms around you
And lifted you to rest.
God's garden must be beautiful,
He always takes the best.
He knew that you were in pain.
He knew that you would never
Get well on earth again.
So He closed your weary eyelids
And whispered, "Peace Be Thine."
He then took you up to Heaven with
Hands gentle and so kind.
It broke our hearts to lose you,
But you did not go alone.
For part of us went with you
The day God called you Home.

This came just in time. I'm mailing out two sympathy cards today (not to my pps) and I am enclosing this poem. Thanks!

no we knew it was gonna happen but was praying it wouldn't it was my son's best friend they was like brothers and always at each others homes he battled for a year but lost his fight on monday morning he was only 17 years old which makes it a little harder to deal with and thanks Mo i really like that poem

When tomorrow starts without me.


When tomorrow starts without me,
and I'm not there to see;
If the sun should rise and find your eyes,
all filled with tears for me;
I wish so much you wouldn't cry,
the way you did today,
while thinking of the many things,
we didn't get to say.
I know how much you love me,
as much as I love you,
and each time that you think of me,
I know you'll miss me too;
But when tomorrow starts without me,
please try to understand,
that an angel came and called my name,
and took me by the hand,
and said my place was ready,
in heaven far above,
and that I'd have to leave behind,
all those I dearly love.
But as I turned to walk away,
a tear fell from my eye,
for all my life, I'd always thought,
I didn't want to die.
I had so much to live for,
so much yet to do,
it seemed almost impossible,
that I was leaving you.
I thought of all the yesterdays,
the good ones and the bad,
I thought of all the love we shared,
and all the fun we had.
If I could relive yesterday,
just even for a while,
I'd say good-bye and kiss you
and maybe see you smile.
But then I fully realized,
that this could never be,
for emptiness and memories,
would take the place of me.
And when I thought of worldly things,
I might miss come tomorrow,
I thought of you, and when I did,
my heart was filled with sorrow.
But when I walked through heaven's gates,
I felt so much at home.
When God looked down and smiled at me,
from His great golden throne,
He said, "This is eternity,
and all I've promised you.
Today for life on earth is past,
but here it starts anew.
I promise no tomorrow,
but today will always last,
and since each day's the same day,
there's no longing for the past.
But you have been so faithful,
so trusting and so true.
Though there were times you did some things,
you knew you shouldn't do.
But you have been forgiven
and now at last you're free.
So won't you take My hand
and share My life with me?"
So when tomorrow starts without me,
don't think we're far apart,
for every time you think of me,
I'm right here, in your heart.


Poem written by Erica Shea Liupaeter

This is one I've used before when I was honored to speak at a friend's funeral:

I'm Free (Author Unknown)

Don't grieve for me now, for I'm free.
I'm following the path God laid for me.
I took God's hand when I heard the call;
I turned my back and I left it all.

I could not stay another day
to laugh, to love, to work, or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way;
I found that place at the close of the day.

If my parting has left a void,
then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss.
Ah yes, these things, I too, will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow,
I wish you the sunshine of each tomorrow.
My life's been full, I savored 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 wanted me now, God set me free.

Do believe I'll never leave you
Always I'll be in your heart
Don't forget my soul is near you
Death might take my presence from you,
Yet we'll never be apart

His "dying" Time

As my life begins to ebb away
I feel so all alone
No one can walk this path for me
I must make it on my own
Although I can share the journey
It's through my eyes you see
the wonder that surrounds me now
my spiruality.

I wish that I could show you
all the things I see revealed
But until our time to leave this earth
Some things are kept concealed..

I am being shown the way
from this life to the next
there's so much to take in all once
for you, you'd be perplexed.

For you dwell within the physical
it's where you comprehend
While I float between two worlds
of which there is no end.

I understand so well your fear
I wish that you could see
that what I see beyond this life. . .
is life eternally.

As my time to leave grows nearer
I will try to let you know
each step I'm on along this path
before I have to go.

I'm not afraid as you can see
I've traveled down the path
of what they call my "dying" time
and seen the aftermath.

I think our "dying" time
is our time to prepare
ourselves and those around us
for the end that is so near.

It's time of readjustments
a time of letting go
somehow life has prepared us
somehow these things we know.

My mind now seems to be
more concentrated "there"
No longer do I long for life
as I knew it here.

I'm ready now to say good-bye
and I know how you will grieve
but please have faith. . . we'll meet again
this you must believe.

I shared my journey with you
I'm so glad that you were here
And as we've been our whole life through. .
please trust that I'll be near.

When that day or night comes to you
I will help you comprehend
remember you won't be alone
I will be there till the end.
-AUTHOR UNKNOWN

LISTEN TO THE WHISPERS OF THE MOURNING

Reach up to the heavens with arms open wide
Take hold of its beauty, breath it inside
Take in it's majesty, memorize its grand views
Engulf its bright lights and magnificent hues.

Look above the ages trees that touch the sky
And listen to the whispers of the mourning cry
Listen through the whirring breezes and you can hear the names
Sobbing with great heartache, crying out with such pains
Names of all loved ones with silent prayers unsaid
Echoing with profoudness inside my head.

And now the sun burns in my ears your sweet voice
Saying dont thirst for what once was, this is the Lord's choice
Now I know there's beauty below, but up here there's no compare
You can lay your head upon the angel's knee
And know no pain, just filled with such glee.

I know you miss me, I miss you too
But I'm sending an angel to watch over you
The angel will let you know I'm hear
To ease your heartache and wipe your tears
And the next time you reach up to the heavens above
You'll feel the kiss of all my love.

So please dont let the grief consume your soul
And remember through God, you too can be whole
And when you think you can no longer stand
I'm up here in heaven with God, waiting to take your hand
So listen beyond the whisper's of the mourning and you'll see
I'm with the Lord our God
I'm finally free.

-AUTHOR UNKNOWN


I compiled a rememberence book about my "friend" when he died, and these poems were in it.

-Jennifer