Where You Left Me funeral reading
Here’s the next in my series of funeral readings you might like to consider for your loved one’s funeral or memorial ceremony. Some are sad, some are uplifting, some are comforting; there’s something for everyone here.
Readings are absolutely not a compulsory part of a funeral or memorial ceremony. Sometimes family members or friends desperately want to speak at their loved one’s funeral, but they haven’t got the wherewithal to write something themselves. Readings are a perfect stand-in: your emotions and feelings right there on the page ready for you to contribute.
Remember readings can be adapted – if your favourite reading is written for him, you can change it to her! If it’s written for Mum, you can change it to Dad or Grandma or Grandpa, whatever fits for you. Take out lines that don’t fit your circumstances. I just make sure to introduce such a reading as an adaptation.
Where You Left Me, by Donna Ashworth
Don’t expect me to be where you left me
I can’t promise to wait for you there
I may not see the flowers you gave me
or the tears that will fall as you stare
I will be with the winds on the coastlines
embracing the mountains of snow
I’ll be dancing around on the hillsides
lighting the fires that glow
I’ll be flying with geese for the winter
and welcoming lambs as they’re born
I’ll be singing with choirs in the theatre
free roaming without any form
Don’t expect me to lie where you laid me
there is so much that I wish to do
but I promise with all of my heart
that the first place I’ll visit is you.