Suitable Poem?

Question

to read whilst scattering someone's ashes on a river?

Please help - I have to do this today, swift sensible answers only

Thanks

The person concerned was a much loved mother (age 70) who suffered a terrifically long illness spending the last 9 months unable to move or communicate - the family feel that they need to show their love, sorrow and acceptance - so it's a bit of a tricky one

Answer 1

THERE IS NO DEATH

I am standing upon the seashore.
A ship is at my side and spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts upon the ocean.
She is an object of beauty and strength and I stand and watch her until she hangs like a speck of white cloud, just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says, “There ! She’s gone”
But gone where ?

Gone from sight, that’s all !
She is just as large in mast and hull and span as she was when she left my side, and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of her destination.
Her diminished size is in me, not HER !
And just at that moment, when someone at my side said, “There ! She’s gone”, there are other eyes watching her coming and other souls taking up the glad shout.
“There she comes”

And that is dying.

Answer 2

When I have no one to turn to
And I am feeling kind of low,
When there is no one to talk to
And nowhere I want to go,
I search deep within myself
It is the love inside my heart
That lets me know my Angels are there
Even though we are miles apart.A smile then appears upon my face
And the sun begins to shine.
I hear a voice, so soft and sweet
Saying, 'Everything will be just fine'
It may seem that I am alone
But I am never by myself at all.
Whenever I need my Angels near
All I have to do is call.
An Angel's love is always true
On that you can depend.
They will always stand behind you
And will always be your friend.
Through darkest hours and brightest days
Our Angel's see us through
They smile when we are happy, and will cry when we are blue..Thanks for being my Angel my friend
I will be there for you until the end.

Answer 3

A MOTHER'S LOVE

A Mother's love is something
that no one can explain,
It is made of deep devotion
and of sacrifice and pain,
It is endless and unselfish
and enduring come what may
For nothing can destroy it
or take that love away . . .
It is patient and forgiving
when all others are forsaking,
And it never fails or falters
even though the heart is breaking . . .
It believes beyond believing
when the world around condemns,
And it glows with all the beauty
of the rarest, brightest gems . . .
It is far beyond defining,
it defies all explanation,
And it still remains a secret
like the mysteries of creation . . .
A many splendoured miracle
man cannot understand
And another wondrous evidence
of God's tender guiding hand.

~Helen Steiner Rice~

Answer 4

Here is a prayer for you if this helps....

Dear God,

I know that no matter what my loved ones and I are going through now or what we may face in the future, You are our life and hope. "For Jesus said to her, 'Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life'." John 4:13-14.
Your spirt within us is eternal life, and Your love unites us forever. We can never be separated from You or from each other, for we are forever one in Spirit.
No challenge or separation can break the spiritual bond between us. Life is eternal, so I know that my loved ones and I have been, are, and always will be enfolded in Your love and care.
Thank you, God, for life, for my loved ones, and for Your Spirit within us, Amen.

I hope that it helps hun, I got this poem/prayer from Healing Thoughts published in 1999 by Unity School of Christianity.

Answer 5

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
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starlight at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.

Mary Frye

Answer 6

A mothers love determinds how

A mother's love determines how
We love ourselves and others.
There is no sky we'll ever see
Not lit by that first love.
Stripped of love, the universe
Would drive us mad with pain;
But we are born into a world
That greets our cries with joy.

How much I owe you for the kiss
That told me who I was!
The greatest gift--a love of life--
Lay laughing in your eyes.

Because of you my world still has
The soft grace of your smile;
And every wind of fortune bears
The scent of your caress.

Answer 7

I dont think I can help without knowing a little bit about the person first.

Answer 8

maybe a few words about the person rather then a poem or maybe a verse from a hymn I'm sorry i cant help more

Answer 9

well does the deceased have a favourite poem or hymn
either that or find one that reminds you of them.

Or just say a few words that are heartfelt to you about them.

Answer 10

where ever you may be let the wind blow free
over land or sea it must go free
Beneath the moon and in the dark
you can even hear that silent lark
As she sing her little song.