So Long – A Funeral Reading

This is a funeral reading for a woman or a man. One simply changes the wording. Quite often I’m asked if I mind my funeral readings being changed… the answer has to be ‘of course not’. The readings are there to serve the needs of whoever uses them.

‘So long’ she said
We didn’t hear
Yet we all knew
That she had gone

Today it’s different
It’s not long…
Since she left
But long enough
To know how hard it is
To live and be without her

Life journeys
Can be short… and long
They take us far and wide
Picking up memories along the path 
Recalling times of love and joy
Making us cry and laugh

‘So long’ we whispered
Not aloud… No, not aloud
Because we all know
That in those words
So deep… so very deep
Is something else entwined 

‘So long’ means
‘Till we meet again’
And that’s the way it is

Today and every day
We’ve come to know
A spirit on the journey we all share
Just doesn’t disappear…
The message is
‘Farewell… until we meet again.’
And that’s the way it is.