Farewell, Dear Heart, who came into my life
As daughter, sister, mother, peerless wife,
And now depart, yet always shall remain
Companion tireless, source of untold gain.
The journeys of our wedded life forged ways
To let remembrance wake their vibrant days.
Though we no more shall fondly walk together,
What once we shared shall stay intact forever.
You shall not go in darkness from our side,
The light you brought us ever will abide.
So as you take your leave to where toils cease
Our mourning and our grief will bring us peace.
Our last celebration
The time of transformation has arrived
As we, in grieving, turn our hearts to you
And hold ourselves in readiness to meet
The last injunctions of your cherished will.
Fire shall have rendered us your ash to take
In company to where your dear hills rise,
And on the winding paths you loved to roam
You shall be scattered joyfully at home.
Tribute
A last devoted tribute now we pay
To one who loved far more than words can say.
There is an absence in the world we know
But one dear presence that will never go
From out our hearts or from this chosen wood
Where now we leave your ashes as we should.
Valediction
One verse the more - the last - to write
To those who tarry in the light:
We all must venture into night -
Keep, then, a caring outlook bright!
Now and forever
Those final days are gone, those days we struggled to endure,
And with their passing we regain our picture of you whole.
The time through which we grieve and mourn will in its course ensure
We find the strength to let you go, yet treasure your dear soul.
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