Description
My days on earth are done
Welcome dear friends and family
Though to a sad occasion you come
This, my one and only funeral
My days on earth are done
Some of you have been close to me
More recent or in the dim past
And some until my parting hours
Until my flame went out at last
I thank you for the joys you brought me
And the happiness that you gave
I thank you for being my friend
From the cradle to the ultimate, my grave
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You will have your memoriesMine are sadly now gone
Yours will continue as long as they will
Enjoy them, for memories live on I hope today can also be a celebration
For who I have been whilst my sun did shine
For what I have done, for what I have said, of my contribution
To your lives, to mankind, during my time
About the Author
Keith Stokes-Smith was brought up in Solihull, moving to Worcestershire in 1997. Writing poems came easy to him in his twenties and early thirties.
In 2016, his mother passed away. Two weeks later, on a train journey to London, he belatedly wrote a bespoke poem for her funeral and wrote it as if she had composed it to be read out by her at her funeral; a strange concept you might think. From then on he found himself uncontrollably inspired to write more adopting words spoken by fictitious people of fictitious ages in fictitious circumstances. In essence, he has tried to be in the mind of the reader. His poems may be considered somewhat unique coupled very often with them having a sense of humour.
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