Death Moving On Poems

Death Moving On Poems

Finding Hope in Change: Inspirational Poems about Moving On from Loss

Research has shown that people live longer when they are surrounded by people they love. We are beings that thrive in community and it is not healthy to deny ourselves human contact. For people that live alone, even a pet has been shown to increase the lifespan for as much as five to seven years. Those of us that have blessed with family or friends have been given a gift. They can join you in time of celebration and also in times of tragedy. Having family or friends to support you as you go through tragedy is of monumental importance.

20 Uplifting Poems about Death of a Loved One

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  1. 1. In Our Hearts


    • By Rose M. De Leon
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2007 with permission of the Author.

    We thought of you with love today,
    But that is nothing new.
    We thought about you yesterday
    And days before that, too.

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    Losing a loved one is very heartbreaking, especially if that someone is your mom or dad. I lost my dad when I was 2 years old, and I really have no memories of him other than the ones taken...

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  3. 2. Life Is But A Dream


    • By Paul Hayward
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2016 with permission of the Author.

    I am lying next to you, awake now while you sleep,
    For death has just released me, yet in your dream you weep.
    If only you could see me, so peaceful and serene,
    But you must live a little more and carry on the dream,

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    Just the words I needed three months from the passing of my beloved father. Thank you to the poet Mr Haywood.

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  5. 3. Pain Told Love

    • By Ebony Black
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2020 with permission of the Author.

    Pain told love I'm not here to stay.
    Once I've taught all I can, I'll be on my way.
    It might be tomorrow or next month or year.
    Each lesson is learned with every new tear.

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    Wow, this is an absolutely beautiful poem! Although I haven't experienced loss on this level personally, it still touched me deeply. There is hope and love after loss, even if it takes a...

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  6. 4. To Heaven's Gates

    • By Maria Kraus
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2014 with permission of the Author.

    To heaven's gates
    we wish to fly
    out of this world
    across the sky

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  7. 5. My Special Friend

    God blessed me one sunny day.
    He sent me an angel from so far away
    To love and help me though all my woes,
    To guide and stand by me when I face my foes.

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    I never thought that you will become the best in my life; you showed me that you care and when I needed you were always there to give what you can give. You never turned your back on me and I...

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  8. 6. Without You

    • By John P. Read
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2018 with permission of the Author.

    Sunrise has lost its Magic
    As it heralds a brand new Day.
    Sunsets now only bid Goodbye
    As dreams just melt Away.

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    The scores of years have passed by, I now think of you more often with days gone awry. Your strength of character you passed down to me. My thanks and love for what you've taught, to be as...

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  9. 7. 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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  10. 8. Letter From Heaven

    • By Crystal Baptiste
    • Published by Family Friend Poems May 2010 with permission of the Author.

    Hey everybody,
    I hope this doesn't reach you too late.
    I don't want you to worry,
    Because life up here is great.

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    I would like to say to you my dear Sister in Christ I know how and what you feel. I, too, lost a loved one. Her name was Stella. She had stage 4 cancer of the ovaries. There is not a day that...

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  11. 9. My Angel

    • By Cjr1217
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2010 with permission of the Author.

    I wake up in the morning
    And I look up to the sky
    I wonder why he took you
    before I said goodbye

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    Hey, I am 14 years old. I also lost my dad. I was much younger. I was about five when he was killed. Some people try and tell me that just because I was so young it made it easier, but...

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  12. 10. Angels In The Stars

    • By Sara Manis
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2011 with permission of the Author.

    God saw I was getting tired
    as he put his arms around me,
    as he whispered come with me.

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    I was touched by poem. I miss my brothers, father, grandfather, grandma, niece and too many to mention.

  13. 11. I Am Close

    In your thoughts
    we will touch.
    In your dreams
    we will meet.

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  14. 12. Your Valentine

    • By Debra L. Brown
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2019 with permission of the Author.

    I sent a rose to you today.
    I hope you didn't mind.
    I left it with the Archangel
    who was standing just outside.

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    Henry,
    I was brought to tears when I read your story. I'm so sorry for your loss. I was blessed and honored you chose to read my poem to your wife. I always ask God for the words to say and...

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  15. 13. Everything Happens For A Reason

    • By Katie
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2014 with permission of the Author.

    Words left unwritten
    A box with a lock unfound
    If only you were here, safe and sound

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    In 1974, my husband of 6 1/2 years and father of our two sons, aged 22 months and 4 years, committed suicide. He placed a 38 pistol in his mouth and pulled the trigger. Our sons were...

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  16. 14. God's Angel

    • By Melissa Tucker
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2011 with permission of the Author.

    How do I say this
    And where do I start
    Everything hurts
    Especially my heart

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    I had a missed miscarriage at 8 weeks pregnant, something I had never heard of but was told is more common than we think. I ache with every inch and hurt with every bone. People say in time...

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  17. 15. When Time Runs Out

    • By Alice Wyndham
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2011 with permission of the Author.

    When time runs out and your heart needs to say so much more
    But the heart that should hear it is gone now forever
    And you are left with a raw nagging sore,

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    I lost my daughter my first born child just 10 days ago. To an addiction she tried so long to fight she hated what it did to her, in the end the demon prevailed and she died from an overdose....

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  18. 16. Watch The Rain

    • By Mikki Jenks
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2018 with permission of the Author.

    If you are hurting,
    In pain,
    Empty in any way,
    Watch the rain.

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    It's been a year since you were taken from our family tree. The Lord came to take you home to heaven in the spirit in the sky. That was you're call to fly away, to be set free from pain,...

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  19. 17. Always With Me

    • By Amelia Lloyd
    • Published by Family Friend Poems May 2011 with permission of the Author.

    I think of you all the time,
    Emotions still running on high.
    It's been over six years
    Since you went into the sky.

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    This poem is how I have been grieving and getting by with the loss of my best friend and #1 fan, my dad. He passed less than a month ago to a tragic massive heart attack. God only knows how...

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  20. 18. Each And Every Day

    • By Gloria
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2010 with permission of the Author.

    Another year has come,
    and you're still so far away.
    You're always in my heart
    each and every day.

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    It is so hard to lose the one you love. When I am 11 I got lazy to visit my best friend and I asked him that he will be the one to come over my house. When I texted him, he replied that he's...

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  21. 19. One Or 33

    • By Anthony Dowson
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2017 with permission of the Author.

    It doesn't matter how many years we've been friends, be it 1 or 33,
    I've passed away, I'm gone now, so please listen to me.
    These words that I have written, a parting gift to you,
    To help you cope with me being gone, to stop you feeling blue.

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  22. 20. How Is Time Passing?

    • By Ciara
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 19, 2023 with permission of the Author.

    How is time passing
    When all I am doing is wishing
    That you were by my side?

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