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 imperfection are perfect for those who had flaws in their life, but whose flaws we have learnt to accept.
Beyond
Author Unknown
We trust that beyond absence there is a presence.
That beyond the pain there can be healing.
That beyond the brokenness there can be wholeness.
That beyond the anger there may be peace.
That beyond the hurting there may be forgiveness.
That beyond the silence there may be the word.
That beyond the word there may be understanding.
That through understanding there is love.
Don’t Judge Me
by Kathleen Wilson
Don’t judge me, for I am just like you.
I can feel, I can love, and I can cry too.
Don’t curse me, for I have done you no wrong.
I only want the acceptance I have needed for so long.
Don’t laugh at me, for I am not laughing with you.
I see you’re laughing at me why is this true?
I may not even be who you think I am,
or even who you want me to be.
You wish for me to be more like you,
Why can’t you be more like me?
We both are made by one in the same.
We grew to be different, I’m not to blame.
Don’t judge me for I am just like you.
I can feel, I can love, and I can cry too.
If I Had A Voice
by Caroline Wilkes
If I had a voice now
It would be loving
And I would say thank you for all of your care.
If I had a voice now
I’d want to tell you
I’m sorry for not always wanting to be there.
My life, it confused you, it did so to me.
But I am released now and my heart is free.
The heart that was hidden beneath all the pain,
It felt so much more than I could explain.
And if I had a voice now,
I’d say out loud
I love you, I wish that I’d made that clear.
And in my lifetime
I need you to know
That I was much more than I did appear.
These are things that I’d say through choice…
if I had a chance and if I had a voice.
Time Will Ease The Hurt
by Bruce B Wilmer
The sadness of the present days
Is locked and set in time.
And moving to the future
Is a slow and painful climb.
But all the feelings that are now
So vivid and so real
Can’t hold their fresh intensity
As time begins to heal.
No wound so deep will ever go
Entirely away
Yet every hurt becomes
A little less from day to day.
Nothing can erase the painful
Imprints on your mind
But there are softer memories
That time will let you find.
Though your heart won’t let the sadness
Simply slide away
The echoes will diminish
Even though the memories stay.
When I Come To The End
by Mosiah Lyman Hancock
When I come to the end of my journey
and I travel my last weary mile,
just forget, if you can, that I ever frowned
and remember only the smile.
Forget unkind words I have spoken;
remember some good I have done.
Forget that I ever had heartache,
And remember I’ve had loads of fun.
Forget that I’ve stumbled and blundered
and sometimes fell by the way.
Remember I have fought some hard battles
and won, ere the close of the day.
Then forget to grieve for my going;
I would not have you sad for a day,
but in summer just gather some flowers
and remember the place where I lay,
and come in the shade of the evening
when the sun paints the sky in the west.
Stand for a few moments beside me
and remember only my best.
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All poems featured on this website are free to use during any ceremony, although it is good practice to make sure the author is mentioned, if known. Should you require a celebrant for your ceremony, be it a funeral, a wedding, a naming ceremony or something else, feel free to get in touch. I am a double award-nominated Family and Funeral Celebrant covering the entire UK, and would be happy to help you commemorate in a meaningful and personal way.
