Best Funeral Poems: Uplifting Words for a Beautiful Goodbye

When I come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom filled room
Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little, but not for long
And not with your head bowed low
Remember the love that once we shared
Miss me, but let me go.

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush

Fair winds and following seas, my friend,
As your journey’s course you plot and tend.
May gentle breezes guide your way,
And calm waters greet you every day.
With sails full and hearts light,
May your adventures be pure delight.
Through sunlit days and starry nights,
May your path be bright with guiding lights.

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
which you always used.

Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –

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

Remember me with smiles not tears,
for all the joy through all the years.
Recall the closeness that was ours,
A love as sweet as fragrant flowers.
Don’t dwell on thoughts
that cause you pain,
We’ll see each other once again.
I am at peace… try to believe,
It was my time… I had to leave.