Sympathy Poems

Poems on Sympathy for Loss

The ability to feel sympathy for each other is one of the most beautiful traits that we possess as humans. The human condition is one of fundamental aloneness. When we reach out and share our sympathies with another human being in pain, we are offering a great kindness to the individual in pain. He knows that he is fundamentally alone but at least he knows that others care and are trying to understand.

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Please Don't Cry
- By Joe Green
- Published: February 2010
Poem About Loved One's Spirit Being Near

Please don't cry
I'm not really gone
When you look out the window
I'll be standing on the lawn

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They Say
- By Ron Tranmer
- Published: January 2015
Poem About Words Meant To Comfort

They say I'm sorry for your loss
They say your heart will mend
They say you're in a better place,
and death is not the end.

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Finally Home
- By Lynn Casstevens
- Published: February 2008
Poem About Finishing Work On Earth

Although your work on earth is done
Your life in heaven has just begun.
Your struggles here were hard and long
But they're over now, you're finally home.

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The Loss Of A Loved One
- By Kenya. H
- Published: February 2010
The loss of a loved one is so hard to face,
you just want to hide,
go somewhere and escape!
But death is something

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A Child Never Forgotten
- By Carolyn Autiello
- Published: June 2012
our heart was broken
without a warning, no words spoken
you were taken away
someone said you could not stay

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Ode To Caylee
- By Edward
- Published: September 2008
Poem About The Loss Of An Innocent Girl

Ode to Caylee
Although I've never met Caylee Anthony face to face
I pray she is in a warm safe place
Such a sweet and innocent little girl

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Heaven's Light
- By Ron Tranmer
- Published: June 2014
Poem About Hope And Faith In Eternal Life

The sun shines down upon us
and gives us warmth and light.
Then when the day has ended
it disappears from sight.

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My Angel, My Gram
- By Julia
- Published: July 2013
Poem Of Comfort For Grieving

Tear drops run down our faces
While our loved one takes her place
In the land of dreams and faith
She waits for the day when life will wake

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For Kara
- By Zoe Slavin
- Published: July 2013
Sympathy For A Miscarriage Poem

A scar on the soul
Never to be seen
A light in the tunnel
Please return to me...

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A Mother's True Price
- By Timothy J. Letts
- Published: July 2011
Poem About Always Remembering

A single tear rolls down her cheek as she remembers.
Every thought and every memory, she remembers.
She sees his face, she feels his soul, she remembers.
She feels the pain, she lays in vain as she remembers.

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