February 4, 2004
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Farewell
A long life
Lived well
Lived frugally
Lived in service.A crying wife
Comforted by children
And grandchildren
And great grandchildren.A brave son
Standing by the casket
Last moments
Spent with his father.A formal good-bye
From his comrades
Those who bore arms
And defended us all.Another farewell
From the Knights
Who carry the sword
To defend their faith.A last view
The lid is lowered
The pall is spread
By the family.Sweet music
How Great Thou Art
Amazing grace
From his daughter-in-law.A sweet good-bye
From the heart
From his family
Spoken by his son.An old friend
Shares memories
With a stranger
There is no one else.Bitter cold
Chills the already numb
Making short
The final commital.A communal lunch
Served in the hall
By church ladies
Waiting their turn.A long life
Celebrated with love
A good life
A life of service.Does he know?
He got his wish
He left his mark
He made a difference.The above was written in response to the comment from The_Clowne_from_Clown that he would have had at least one poem from the occasion of the funeral in my last blog. I am more of a prose writer.
Comments (12)
Spare writing. I like that. I liked the obituary you did too. Moving.
That was beautiful.
A poetic response to a life well lived, nicely done.
That was beautiful.
It was very beautiful
Beautiful words… comes straight from the heart.
I love the sincerity of your poem and the pain you felt. I would hope to have such a fine poem written about my funeral.
great poem. Have a nice day.
What a talent , Nancy . Continue .
Love
Michel
Such a great poem! We all make a difference but sometimes we don’t know it.
I can not better this, if you are a prose writer then you are a damned good one, for this poem is simple and sad. A poet would have tried to flourish it, give it something it doesn’t need. You gave the bare bones and so have wrote something beautiful, if that is the right word for this. I’ll love to add this to my favourite “Other Poets” site, you have not wrote a poem but a story in verse, and that in itself makes it an original poem. I can not stop reading it. I’ll love to have it on my “other poets” site, a site I am sure though, few if any other than I read. But I am always reading them to be inspired, or just to be emotionally charged.
http://OurFavouritePoems.homestead.com/index.html
h
what can i add i came in from the clown site
its a good piece of work -very simple and yet very moving 
take care 