by Fast Funeral | Dec 5, 2017 | Funeral Poems, Soldier Funeral Poems
I stare at the casket; Draped with the nation’s cloth. I’m momentarily startled; As the guns go off. Another fallen soldier; Being laid to rest. I struggle to breathe; For this tightness in my chest. The bugler so smooth; As he hits every note. It is hard...
by Fast Funeral | Dec 5, 2017 | Funeral Poems, Soldier Funeral Poems
The weight of him on our shoulders, The faint whiff of gunpowder smoulders, It’s almost as if my lead bearing heart, Would stop with this solemn task. We step in, out, in, out, These timings are not a shout, To the tune of the bagpipes playing, To attention he is...
by Fast Funeral | Dec 5, 2017 | Funeral Poems, Soldier Funeral Poems
Six abreast come marching, With boots and brasses glow, Each in step with the time, Their movements seem to flow. Slowly they move down the ramp, A truly perfect stride, With chins up and backs straight, It would well you up with pride. But there are no smiles on this...
by Fast Funeral | Dec 5, 2017 | Funeral Poems, Soldier Funeral Poems
Sleep well young soldier, your job is done your war is over and your battle won No armour now to way you down Cast it off into the sandy ground Lay down your weapon for you need it not No more bullets need be shot Take off your helmet, look to the sky For my friend it...
by Fast Funeral | Dec 5, 2017 | Funeral Poems, Poems for Officers' Funerals
So many names Upon the wall, And God’s arms Hold them all. Fathers and sons, Sisters too, Died for the badge, Died for the blue. Hopes and dreams Died also that day, With their last breath Such a sad price to pay Though others will follow In their shoes, There’s room...
by Fast Funeral | Dec 5, 2017 | Funeral Poems, Poems for Officers' Funerals, Religious Funeral Poems
They carved his name into the cold marble wall, They hung his picture so proudly in the hall. The folded flag from his burying day, His mother gently caressed, then safely packed away. His shiny boots are silent, no longer echoing in the hall, Their steps silenced, by...
