Son Death Poems

Son Death Poems

Memorial Poems for Losing a Son

One of the most tragic and traumatic losses life can deal out to a person is the death of a son. The death of a son means the loss of more than just a precious life. It represents the loss of future experiences and future hopes. No parent is prepared for the loss of a child, and when it happens, their world is changed forever. The grief, guilt, and anguish felt are acute and lasting. Parents can find comfort in knowing that their grief and mourning are normal and that many other parents have lived through similar tragedies

20 Healing Words of Love and Loss from Grieving Parents

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  1. 1. A Child Of Mine

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    I will lend you, for a little time,
    A child of mine, He said.
    For you to love the while he lives,
    And mourn for when he's dead.

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    I received this poem anonymously in the mail 5 days after my son was born. This was 41 years ago in 1980. Tragically he passed away at the age of 16 in an auto accident. I remembered the poem...

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  3. 2. A Picture Of You


    I only have a picture now,
    A frozen piece of time,
    To remind me of how it was
    When you were here and mine.

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    I do understand that words cannot fill the void or pain you are feeling. I understand the daze of not knowing if you're in a dream. All I can say is time will heal the haze, time will slowly...

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  5. 3. Half Of My Heart Is Gone


    • By Barbara J. Rouse
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2018 with permission of the Author.

    Son, I wish I could wake up and see you standing there.
    Then I would know that it was just a nightmare.

    Son, I remember when you were small and how you would hold my hand,

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    My son died suddenly almost 4 years ago at age 32. I understand the feeling that the grief you feel will never abate. I thought the same.... every waking day my heart just throbbed with...

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  6. 4. For The Need Of You


    I need you to touch,
    I need you to see,
    I need you so much,
    I need you with me.

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    He had just found the meaning of what life should be. A son of his own on the way when he taken from me. As a mother of others, I am not alone, but there's a place in my heart that only he...

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  7. 5. When God Comforted Me


    • By Colleen Mclean
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2015 with permission of the Author.

    From heaven he was delivered
    As a baby unto you,
    When God said to me softly
    I'm trusting you to do

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    I lost my oldest son, Kegin, on June 29, 2020, in a vehicle accident down the street from his home. He was 22 years old. He and 3 other souls were taken in a single vehicle car accident. They...

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  8. 6. A Tribute To Tyrone


    • By Kily Dunbar
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2009 with permission of the Author.

    No words I write could ever say
    How sad and empty I feel today.
    The angels came for you
    Much sooner than I planned.

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    My nephew and his girlfriend robbed a vape shop. I’m not saying what he did was right, but I wish the store owner had tried shooting his legs or something else, not two shots straight in his...

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  9. 7. I Love You, Son


    • By Ambika Adhikari Tiwari
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2008 with permission of the Author.

    My dear son, I miss you so much.
    It keeps hurting; I can't stop crying.
    My eyes always search for you in the sky.
    My heart longs for finding you in the heavens.

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    I read these replies, and I genuinely feel like "someone gets it." I lost my son on July 27, 2022. He was 33. He was watching TV, fell asleep, and didn't wake up. It's been 24 days today, and...

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  10. 8. Reality


    • By Denise Tiburcio
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2018 with permission of the Author.

    I have nightmares and can't sleep.
    The loss of you is a wound so deep.

    My mind recorded the times we had.

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    I lost my oldest son on September 23, 2016. He was just 21 years old. He and my husband were riding in the back seat of some guy's car that they worked with on their way home from work when...

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  11. 9. Until I Hold You Again

    • By Annette G. Mahan
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2021 with permission of the Author.

    I should have held you longer,
    I should have held you tighter.
    When you were a baby, I rocked you to sleep
    and put you down because there was work to be done,

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    I lost both my sons in 2020. Joshua was 30 and died from gunshot in his head April 2nd. They called it a suicide. It was not. His older brother Chris, 33, died in June. He hung himself. Chris...

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  12. 10. In Time

    • By Pam J. Pastirik
    • Published by Family Friend Poems May 2016 with permission of the Author.

    Time cannot erase the sorrow and pain that I feel,
    Nor can it make things better
    Or force my heart to heal.

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    My loving son and best friend left me on October 8, 2022. He had a heart of gold and loved his boxer dogs. My heart is broken beyond repair. My only son was 55 years old. He loved his two...

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  13. 11. Precious Boy

    • By Ilona M. Blake
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2019 with permission of the Author.

    I'd like to offer my condolences
    With a poem I'd like to share.
    To all those suffering in this difficult time,
    I say a little prayer.

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  14. 12. Life Goes On

    • By Cheryl McDonald
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2010 with permission of the Author.

    It's true what they say, when a child is born,
    a mother's heart is no longer her own.
    It runs and skips and giggles and grins,
    And crawls in her lap for a kiss on the chin,

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    My heart reaches out to you. I lost my youngest son, Shawn in December of 2013. He would have turned 30 this coming August 9th. Tears fall as I write this, it never gets easier. I talk to...

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  15. 13. Long, Long Summer Day

    With angels on this summer day,
    you never woke; you slipped away.

    Now day just dims into the night.

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    Linda, You ask me how I go on, I wish I could tell you. I'm exactly where you are. I feel no peace in my son Chris's passing, Chris was long into recovery he was on a low dose antidepressant...

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  16. 14. Passing Time

    I close the door on yet another day.
    It's been over eight years now since you went away.
    It now seems like forever since I last saw your face.
    Time ticks on at a startlingly pace.

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    Today would have been my son's 35th birthday. We had just lost my little sister suddenly on Nov 7, 2018. After her funeral, I flew to Norfolk, VA, to spend Thanksgiving with my daughter. I...

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  17. 15. I'm Sorry Mom

    • By Zonda Davis
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2008 with permission of the Author.

    I'm sorry mom, for the things I put you through
    I'm sorry mom, for not doing the things you wanted me to do
    I'm sorry mom, for leaving you so soon
    I'm sorry mom, for that call you got that afternoon

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    So sorry for your loss. I am a mother of a daughter who also committed suicide. My husband and I are now raising her oldest daughter, and the 3 younger ones are with their dad. What was sad...

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  18. 16. Michael

    • By Bobbie J. Ripple
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2006 with permission of the Author.

    Bless us Lord
    As we pray.
    You took our
    Little boy home today.

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    My son passed away 2 days ago. He was 30 years old. At 17, he dove off a boat dock and suffered a spinal cord injury. He was a high functioning quadriplegic. He never could find peace after...

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  19. 17. Is That You?

    • By Robyn O'Rourke
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2011 with permission of the Author.

    Is that you?
    The falling star in the night,
    So pure, so bright.

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    My son's girlfriend who had lived with us died at the young age of thirty. Trina was such a sweet girl. She was like a daughter to me. It's been 5 weeks but seems like yesterday. She had...

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  20. 18. Waiting For Heaven

    Your very first breath of life, I was there.
    Tiny miracle of God, you appeared,
    overflowing with joy, my eyes cried a tear,
    outstretching my arms to hold you so near.

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  21. 19. How Much Do I Miss You

    • By Kim L. Arruda
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 7, 2024 with permission of the Author.

    I miss you more with every day passing.
    I thought it would get easier and not everlasting.
    The hurt and pain that my heart cannot take.
    Just another day that I just must awake.

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  22. 20. David, We Miss You!

    • By Melinda Jones
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2015 with permission of the Author.

    In your life you touched so many.
    In your death, many lives were changed.
    You were an amazing young man.
    Without you here, our lives will never be the same.

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    ...Our boys had become two very amazing people in the short time they had here on this planet. And I guess, they have been called upon for higher purposes. I am grateful for my part in my...

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