Funerals can truly be augmented by a poem that is apt and fitting for the person you have just lost. The following list of funeral poems about diving are perfect for those who loved exploring the darkest depths of the oceans.

Drowning Or Diving?

by Robert J. Tiess

I can either

enter an ocean
feeling insignificant,
overwhelmed by its enormity,

or

realize,
when I dive into the sea,
I’m part of something greater yet.

Scuba Diver

by Maggie Benefield

Dark depths of the ocean:
A world unknown to the human race,
Careful of every motion
So as not to disturb this place.
Colours you have never seen before;
Fish that can fit in the palm of your hand;
Plants covering most of the ocean floor;
All that is left is sparkling white sand.
Staring in awe, as an outsider looking in,
This world is perfect it seems –
Wishing I would never leave this intriguing island;
Maybe I will visit it again in my dreams.

Underwater Memory

by Divemaster Dennis

Beneath the world of land and sky
Is another world; a world that I
Have visited for a time, but could not stay
As long as I wanted. This world of ray
And shark, of fish and whale, of wonderful creatures
Of strange colours, shapes, and features
Lies beneath the foam and waves of the sea.
Ancient reefs call to me
To come and share in their beauty,
To bathe in their serenity.
This deep blue world of perfection
Massages my soul, and relieves the tension
Of living on the noisy land,
For here no noise disturbs the sand
Or coral or walls or caves,
Nor are they disturbed by waves
Which crash around the land world’s rim.
This deep blue world remains calm in dim
Subdued light filtered and made gentle by the depths.
I feel a part, but am only a guest
In this undersea Eden
From which I must depart for a season,
Left to remember, and to anticipate the day
When I may return.

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