father passed suddenly

[jessp79]

My father passed suddenly and need a poem for his funeral off my sister and i.
Alot of the poems i have read say about dads always being there and how much you could rely on them
Unfortunately this was not true of ours due to him battling alcoholism and depression for most of our childhood although he always did his best and did try and we loved him and knew he loved us dearly but had problems of his own

[remembrancebook]

Jess,

What about this?

In the presence of death
we stand awkward, and ill at ease;
For death is a well-known stranger
whom we recognize, but do not wish to know;

But death is not a thing in itself,
but a stage in the journey of life,
through which all must pass.

It may come swiftly and catch us unawares,
or slowly with leaden feet;

But death comes to all who live,
and in so doing
heightens the understanding of the one we know.