Grandad died on sunday, have been asked to read something at the funeral,

[carol3]

Any ideas can't believe hes gone.

[Rhubarb]

I'm very sorry for your loss. I can't think of anything offhand, are you after biblical stuff or not?

[carol3]

He was religious and the service will be at a church, not sure was thinking a poem would be nice if it was more a celebration of Life iyswim. I read something at my uncles funeral but Its not really appropriate for my grandad.

[Rhubarb]

Would this help at all?

Hope everything goes well. Deep breaths, don't think about anything else but concentrate on what you are saying. Good luck.

[Candlewax]

I am so sorry for you carol3. My grandad died over 4 years ago and I am still grieving for him.

[StrangeTown]

This is nice.

The Beauty of Death (Part Two - The Ascending) Kahlil Gibran

I have passed a mountain peak and my soul is soaring in the
Firmament of complete and unbound freedom;
I am far, far away, my companions, and the clouds are
Hiding the hills from my eyes.
The valleys are becoming flooded with an ocean of silence, and the
Hands of oblivion are engulfing the roads and the houses;
The prairies and fields are disappearing behind a white specter
That looks like the spring cloud, yellow as the candlelight
And red as the twilight.

The songs of the waves and the humans of the streams
Are scattered, and the voices of the throngs reduced to silence;
And I can hear naught but the music of Eternity
In exact harmony with the spirit's desires.
I am cloaked in full whiteness;
I am in comfort; I am in peace.