Most Compassionate Heart <br />Who created love as the mystical essence <br />That sustains the universe, <br />Be with us in the lonely hour <br />Of final farewells, <br />At the moment <br />When we must acquiesce <br />To contemplate <br />The beautiful eyes <br />Of a friend or loved one <br />For which we will never <br />Gaze into again, <br />The hands that will no longer <br />Clasp ours in kind unity, <br />The loving voice stilled <br />From which we found <br />Pleasure and solace, <br />The brother or sister <br />Who journeyed with us <br />Through mutual struggles, <br />The mother or father <br />Who conceived our heart <br />And carried us <br />Through the most fragile days <br />Of this earthly sojourn. <br /> <br />Guide us through the sorrow <br />To understand and accept your purposes, <br />Grant us the knowledge and ability <br />To incorporate our departed loved ones <br />Into our own being, <br />To remember every smile and friendly greeting, <br />To recall every wise conversation, <br />To not lose a single kiss <br />But to have those treasured experiences <br />Woven into the very fabric of our existence <br />So that there is no death but only life, <br />That our own capacity to love <br />May only grow and increase aided by those <br />Who live within us, <br />That our departed loved ones <br />May yet touch many lives <br />Using the kindness of our hands. <br /> <br />May we walk <br />In the candlelight of hope <br />That seems dramatically dimmed by immense sadness <br />But which you never allow to be completely extinguished.<br /><br />Uriah Hamilton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/prayer-contemplating-final-farewells/
