Memory Poem Needed

I've always like this one (I used the only the first and last verse for something - but I changed the second line on the last verse to 'and we think of you every day'):

If tears could build a stairway
And memories were a lane
We would walk right up to Heaven
And bring you back again

No farewell words were spoken
No time to say goodbye
You were gone before we knew it
And only God knows why

Our hearts still ache in sadness
And secret tears still flow
What it meant to lose you
No on will ever know

But know we know you want us
To mourn for you no more
To remember all the happy times
Life still has much in store

Since you’ll never be forgotten
We pledge to you today
A hallowed place within our hearts
Is where you’ll always stay

They're all over the internet. This is what I have saved -

Gone yet not forgotten,
although we are apart,
your spirit lives within me,
forever in my heart.


Everyday in some small way
Memories of you come our way.
Though absent, you are always near
Still missed, loved and always dear.
1.
Your presence I/we miss,
Your memory I/we treasure,
Loving you always,
Forgetting you never.
1.
Those we love don't go away,
They walk beside us every day,
Unseen, unheard, but always near,
Still loved, still missed and very dear.
1.
'Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy.' ~ Eskimo
1.
Always in our thoughts
Forever in our hearts


Today we pause to reflect upon
those who have shaped our character,
molded our spirits and touched our hearts.
May the lighting of this candle be a
reminder of the memories we have shared,
a representation of the everlasting
impact you have made upon our lives.

Those we love remain with us
for love itself lives on
Cherished memories never fade
because one loved is gone
Those we love can never be
more than a thought apart
For as long as there is a memory
they live on in our heart

For those who are
in our hearts on
our Wedding Day
~ and Always ~
bless us in spirit
as we begin our
new life together
1.

Although we can’t see you
We know you are here
Smiling down
Watching over us
As we say “I Do”
Forever in our hearts
Forever in our lives
And so we say our vows
In loving memory of you
1.
For those gone in presence
but here in essence
This light shines as a symbol
of lives and loves remembered
1.
On our Wedding Day
we share our happiness
with those who live
in our hearts.
1. Much of who
we are today
is a reflection
of their love.


Walk me down the aisle Dad
You’re the only one who can
Over these scattered rose petals
To where I’ll take his hand
1. Walk me down the aisle Dad
And fill my heart with peace
Whisper that you’re proud of me
Set my soul at ease
Walk me down the aisle Dad
Though it seems I walk alone
I carry you inside my heart
Life lessons not outgrown
Walk me down the aisle Dad
And dry my endless tears
My life’s forever changing
I miss you more each passing year
If God would grant me just one wish
I’d wish for one more day
For you to walk me down the aisle, Daddy
And give your daughter away.

Although death has separated us physically, faith and love have bound us eternally.
Though we cannot see you, we know you are here.
Though we cannot touch you, we feel the warmth of your smile, as we begin a new chapter in our lives.

Today we pause to reflect upon those who have shaped our character,
molded our spirits and touched our hearts.
May the lighting of this candle be a reminder of the memories we have shared,
a representation of the everlasting impact you have made upon our lives.

This was on our memory candle

In Loving Memory


Those we love don’t go away
They walk beside us everyday
Unseen, unheard, but always there
Still missed, still loved and very dear.


(then I listed the names)