Miss Me But Let Me Go

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Funeral Poem : Miss Me, But Let Me Go.

When I come to the end of the road,
And the sun has set for me,
I want no rites in gloom-filled rooms,
Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little--but not too long,
And not with your head bowed low;
Remember the love that we once shared
Miss me--but let me go.
For this is a journey that we all must take,
And each must go alone.
It's all a part of the Master's plan,
A step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and sick at heart,
Go to the friends we know,
And busy your sorrows in doing good deeds.
Miss me - but let me go.

Betty Miller

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Miss me...

Submitted by Keith on

I read the poem at my dad's funeral. I have a framed copy over my desk with his picture. It reminds me that he would not want me to go around mourning him but carry on with living...

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Submitted by Yvonne on

I always believed this poem was written by Edgar Albert Guest 1881 - 1959

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When we received your comment we checked the following three sites, but non of them attributed this poem to Guest.

poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/731
gutenberg.org/browse/authors/g#a182
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Guest

Brothers funeral

Submitted by Kerry Miles on

I read this poem at my brothers funeral on the 5th May 2011. He sadly took his own life and the words 'Miss me, but let me go' seemed so right.

We will never come to terms with his passing, but this poem was beautiful and so perfect. Friends and family were really moved by it....

Author of "Miss Me, But Let Me Go"

Submitted by Jean Lee on

This poem was written by Edgar Albert Guest!!

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Jean, we can find no evidence to support that claim (see above post) so we'd be interested to know what evidence you have for making it, and if it persuades us we'll willingly re-attribute the poems authorship. The poem has been claimed by many different authors in the past and is accredited to several different authors on the internet. Because of it's age it would undoubtedly have been in print first, but we have never been able to find the poem in print actually accredited to any author anywhere near the time it would actually have been written.

It's certainly a possibility that we'll pursue. Guest wrote over 11,000 poems and had more than 20 volumes actually published, but we have yet to find the poem in any of those publications. Have you details of when this particular poem was first published, what the name of the book was and who the publisher was, that sort of thing? If you have we'll follow it up.

My Brother's Funeral

Submitted by Amanda on

This is engraved on my brother's head stone. It was emailed to a family member on the day of his funeral. It made us feel that it was his way of making us feel a little better

My Fathers Funeral

Submitted by Tim Reynolds on

My family and I love this poem so very much. My mother had it engraved on the back of my dads head stone and I was not aware of it until I went to the grave after the stone was set. It was such a nice surprise. We find comfort in reading the poem everytime we vist his grave.

"Miss me but let me go"

Submitted by Ranjit Khatkur on

I used this poem at my mother's cremation and want to seek permission to put it in my autobiography as the poem I said farewell to her with. How can I go about seeking permission to put it in my book?

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Ranjit, We're not 100% certain, but we believe the full name of the author is Betty Miller Davis, a poet who lived 1921 to 1967 and who is burried in Fayeteville, Arkansas. If that is the case then the poem is still copyright her family or publishers for whom we don't have an address.

You may be able to trace relatives via the internet, but if unsuccessful we would suggest adding the poem, with a note under the poem saying you have made attempts to obtain permission but without success.

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Submitted by jennie dowd on

sorry for your loss, my eldest son tried to take his life in 1997. he actually died 3 times but was brought back and for 14 years and 6 months he sadly died after he was left severly brain damaged after he tried to take his own life. so when I went to my sister in laws funeral today this poem was read and it made me cry as I thought about my son Darren he was 35 when he died. and this poem has helped me see the way forward.

I lost my wife three years

Submitted by Eternal Vow on

I lost my wife three years ago. The poem was given to me by a friend.
I'm still finding it very hard to accept.I miss her but can not let her go. It feels as though, if I stop thinking of her,I would be betraying her memories and the love we shared. We were like the wings of a bird. One is useless without the other. So, I'm still trying to go on.

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It feels as though, if I stop thinking of her,I would be betraying her

It is quite common for the partner that is left to constantly think about the partner that has died, but you mustn't feel guilty about those times you stop thinking about her for a while. What you need to ask yourself is, "Did I think about her every moment of every day when she was alive?" You probably didn't think about her EVERY moment of every day when she was alive, so you should not feel guilty if that is also the case after her death.