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Thank you for being here
Having stood as you are in the past, I know how some of you feel
I shed those tears as you might well do today and thought, this is all a little surreal
But alas you are at my funeral, a gathering of the clan
Of family, friends and acquaintances, for something many of us do not plan
Thank you for being here, for me to say my goodbye
To mourn a little or a lot and have a little cry
It’s very much appreciated and to my (husband/wife) I must say
Darling (name of husband/wife) you must go on enjoying every future day.
Yes, to start it may be difficult but know this is my hope
You’ll fill the void I left behind and in every way you’ll cope.
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Do the things you want to do, travel at your pleasure
Entertain as best you can, fill your days with leisure.
For there’s much that life can offer, of that I have no doubt. My days are over, my book has closed, I’m making room for another
I trust you’ll enjoy my later wake when it’ll give you a chance to recover. Thereon your mourning needs to cease, your lives must carry on
But by all means think of me from time to time despite the fact I’ve gone.
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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