I Need Something to Fly Over My Grave Again

If y'all are grieving the loss of a brother, nosotros hope you notice condolement in our drove of 21+ best funeral poems for brother.

Our poems would be perfect to use every bit a reading at a funeral service, memorial service, or a celebration of life ceremony, as a tribute to a brother who has passed away.  Alternatively, one of our poems about brothers can be incorporated into a eulogy oral communication, or written in a sympathy card.

Our collection of funeral poems for a brother is organized into the post-obit sections to assist you easily find the type of poem yous are looking for:

• Inspirational Funeral Poems: Tribute to a Brother Who Passed Away
• Comforting Funeral Poems: RIP Brother
• "I Miss You" Poems (After the Expiry of a Brother
• Special Funeral Poems for Brother From Sis or From Brother)

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Inspirational Funeral Poems: Tribute to a Brother Who Passed Abroad

This outset funeral poem reminds us that a blood brother is ever with us, even after he has passed abroad.  Every beautiful thing that we meet and experience will remind us of his dearest.  Nosotros volition likewise have all of life's challenges because our brother wisely taught us that they help united states of america abound stronger.

Your Spirit

By Tram-Tiara T. Von Reichenbach

I know that no matter what
Y'all will always be with me.
When life separates united states of america
I'll know it is only your soul
Proverb good day to your torso
But your spirit will be with me always.
When I run across a bird chirping on a nearby branch
I volition know it is you singing to me.
When a butterfly brushes gently past me so intendance freely
I volition know it is you lot assuring me you are free from pain.
When the gentle fragrance of a flower catches my attention
I will know it is you lot reminding me
To appreciate the elementary things in life.
When the sun shining through my window awakens me
I will feel the warmth of your beloved.
When I hear the rain pitter patter confronting my window sill
I volition hear your words of wisdom
And will retrieve what yous taught me so well'
That without pelting trees cannot grow
Without rain flowers cannot blossom
Without life's challenges I cannot grow potent.
When I look out to the sea
I volition call back of your endless love for your family.
When I think of mountains, their majesty and magnificence
I will remember of your courage for your country.
No affair where I am
Your spirit volition be beside me
For I know that no matter what
You volition always be with me.

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While losing a brother is painful, this funeral poem reminds us that although his journey on earth is over, his journey is just beginning…

His Journey's Only Begun

By Ellen Brenneman

Don't think of him equally gone abroad
his journey'due south just begun,
life holds and then many facets
this earth is only 1.
Just think of him as resting
from the sorrows and the tears
in a identify of warmth and comfort
where there are no days and years.
Think how he must be wishing
that we could know today
how zippo but our sadness
can really pass away.
And call back of him as living
in the hearts of those he touched…
for goose egg loved is ever lost
and he was loved so much.

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This consoling funeral verse form written by Mary Elizabeth Frye in the 1930s is i of the most famous funeral poems.  It is advisable for all types of funeral services, from a traditional, religious funeral, to a less formal, celebration of life anniversary.

Do Not Stand Past My Grave and Weep

By Mary Elizabeth Frye

Do not stand up at my grave and weep,
I am not at that place, I do not slumber.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circumvoluted flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that flower,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely matter.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I did not die.

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This simple poem provides comfort to those grieving the loss of a blood brother.  It is written every bit if your brother is speaking directly to you.  The message is short and sweet: life goes on, and while it is natural to weep, don't forget to be grateful as well.

Life Goes On

By Joyce Grenfell

If I should go before the rest of you lot
Break not a flower
Nor inscribe a stone
Nor when I am gone
Speak in a Sunday voice
But exist the usual selves
That I take known

Weep if you must
Parting is hell
But life goes on
Then…sing as well

~

In our collection of brother poems, this 1 is a favourite.  We can cry inconsolably for a lost brother, but we can likewise celebrate the joy he brought to our lives.  This verse form is perfect for a commemoration of life service.

He is Gone (Remember Me)

By David Harkins

You can shed tears that he is gone,
Or you tin grinning because he lived,
You can close your eyes and pray that he will come up back,
Or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left.

Your middle can be empty considering you tin can't see him
Or you tin be full of the love that you shared,
Yous tin can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
Or you can exist happy for tomorrow considering of yesterday.

You can recall him and only that he is gone
Or you tin cherish his memory and let it live on,
You can cry and close your mind be empty and plough your dorsum,
Or you can exercise what he would want: smile, open your optics,
dear and keep.

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This funeral poem is sweet and simple, and would exist perfect for a young child to recite at a service for a beloved brother.

Honey Lives On

By an Unknown Author

You lot went away so all of a sudden
Nosotros did non say adieu
But brothers can never exist parted
Precious memories never die.

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Information technology gives us condolement to retrieve of a brother who has passed away as enjoying a beautiful, garden-similar dreamland after his passing. This touching tribute is filled with vivid imagery.

In My Heed

By Jenn Farrell

Somewhere in my dreams tonight
I'll see you lot standing there
You expect at me with a smile
"Life isn't ever fair"

You say yous were chosen for his garden
His preciously hand picked boutonniere
"God actually needed me,
That's why I couldn't stay"

It's said to be that angels
Are sent from to a higher place
I've always had my angel
My blood brother – whose heart was filled with love

Wherever the ocean meets the sky
There will be memories of you and I
When I expect upwardly at the sky so blueish
All I see are visions of you
"While in that location's a heart in me, you'll be a role of me."

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We  love this next funeral verse form.  It eloquently conveys what our loved one would say to united states later he is gone, if he could.  The decease of a brother should not led usa to be consumed past grief.  We should focus on how he enriched our lives.

Miss Me Only Allow Me Go

By an Unknown Writer

When I come up to the end of the route
And the sun has set for me,
I desire no rites in a gloom-filled room,
Why cry for a soul set gratuitous!

Miss me a little – merely not for long
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that we once shared,
Miss me, but let me go.

For this journey that we all must take
And each must go lonely;
It's all a function of the Main's program
A step on the road to home.

When you lot are lone and sick at heart
Become to the friends we know,
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds.
Miss me, but let me go.

~

Comforting Funeral Poems:  RIP Brother

This popular poem is appropriate for all types of funeral services for a dear blood brother, from a traditional, religious ceremony to a unique celebration of life gathering.  Our favourite line is: "In your memory I live on."

Cry Not For Me

By an Unknown Author

Cry not for me though I have gone
Into that gentle night
Grieve if you will, but non for long
Upon my soul'due south sugariness flight

I am at peace, my soul's at residue
There is no need for tears
For with your love I was so blessed
For all those many years

At that place is no pain, I endure not
The fright is at present all gone
Put at present these things out of your thoughts
In your retentivity I live on

Remember not my fight for breath
Recall not the strife
Please do not dwell upon my death
Merely celebrate my life

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If your brother suffered from an illness that left him in hurting before his passing, this cute poem offers hope and comfort to friends and family.

His Peaceful Grave

By an Unknown Author

Our brother lives with us in memory
Before our eyes he grew weaker every day
Doing all we could to save him
Until God took him away
Never shall his retentivity fade
Our sweetest dearest lingers
Forever round his peaceful grave.

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This adjacent funeral poem uses cute imagery to draw a lost brother's journey to heaven.  It is comforting to think of our special brother being welcomed into heaven by adoring angels.

The White Chariot

By Julie Johnson

During your journeying on your terminal flying habitation.
White wings volition carry y'all and you volition be flown.
To the pearly gates of Heaven, where they will usher you lot in.
To the feet of your Lord, your Saviour, and your friend.
He will hold you in his artillery and the angels will sing.
Every bit another i of His children is delivered by white wings.

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If your brother suffered from an disease or depression before he passed away, this beautiful funeral verse form offers condolement to the bereaved.  He is at present in God'due south garden, a identify where there is no pain, sadness, or suffering.

God'southward Garden

By Melissa Shreve

God looked around his garden and found an empty place
He and so looked down upon the Globe and saw your tired confront
He put his artillery around you and lifted y'all to residue
With the aid of his angels they flew you to your heavenly place

Gods garden must exist cute, he always takes the best
He knew you were suffering, he knew yous were in pain
He knew that you lot would never get well on Earth again

He saw the route was getting rough and the hills besides hard to climb
He closed your weary eyelids and whispered "Peace exist Thine"
It bankrupt our hearts to lose you lot but you didn't become lone
For part of us went with y'all the 24-hour interval God called you home.

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If your brother passed away too young, this is an appropriate funeral poem.  It focuses on celebrating and reflecting on the cute life of your brother, instead of focusing on the pain of his death.  "Perhaps my time seemed all also brief, don't lengthen it now with undue grief."

The Final Flight

Past an Unknown Author

Don't grieve for me, for now I'm complimentary,
I'g following the path God laid for me.
I took his hand when I heard his call,
I turned my back and left information technology all.

I could non stay some other solar day,
To laugh, to honey, to work, to play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way,
I've institute that peace at the terminate of the day.

If my parting has left a void,
Then fill up it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,
Ah, yes, these things too I will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow,
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My Life's been full, I savoured much,
Good friends, skilful times, a loved one' impact.

Perhaps my time seemed all too cursory,
Don't lengthen it at present with undue grief.
Elevator up your heart and share with me,
God wanted me now, He set me free.

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This funeral verse form was originally written for a sister.  Since the words are so touching and meaningful, nosotros have modified information technology so that it applies to a brother'due south death as well.

Sleep, My Blood brother (Modified)

By T. Hutchinson

I wish you sweet sleep, my brother love.
Although there's so much that you've left bare
I hate that you lot had to endure such pain
On my heed, your saddened eyes accept left a stain.

I want to know what crossed your mind
Unspoken words you've left behind
Undone things we'll never do
No sharing thoughts yous never knew.

A peace has fallen upon your caput
A taste of sorrow we take been fed
Information technology really is similar a hole in our lives
One swiftly dug simply carved out by knives.

Just I have hope that those sleeping will rise
The Bible says that God will open up their eyes.
No suffering, sickness, yeah not fifty-fifty pain,
Those who did good, eternal life they'll gain.

And then… sleep on my brother, sleep tight
For now with y'all the sky is nighttime.
But afterwards night will come daybreak
Therefore I will wait hoping to run across you awake.

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This uplifting funeral poem is written in the voice of the person who has died.  He asks us to remember him with happiness, beloved and joy in our hearts.

Afterwards Glow

Past an Unknown Author

I'd like the memory of me
to be a happy ane.
I'd like to leave an after glow
of smiles when life is done.
I'd similar to get out an echo
whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times
and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who grieve,
to dry before the sun
of happy memories
that I exit when life is done

~

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This comforting funeral poem inspires you to live your life fully in retention of a brother, as he will be watching over y'all until y'all encounter again 1 mean solar day.

When I Must Go out You

By Helen Steiner Rice

When I must leave you
For a piddling while-
Please exercise not grieve
And shed wild tears
And hug your sorrow to y'all
Through the years,

Merely start out bravely
With a gallant smile;
And for my sake
And for my name
Alive on and do
all things the same,

Feed not your loneliness
On empty days,
Only fill each waking hour
In useful ways,

Reach out your hand
In condolement and in cheer
And I in turn volition comfort yous
And concur you lot about;

And never, never
Exist afraid to die
For I am waiting for you in the sky!

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This side by side gorgeous poem was submitted to us past an Honey Lives On reader and we absolutely dear it. It was written in memory of his first wife who passed abroad from Lupus but is applicative to anyone grieving the loss of a brother.

Last Journeying

By Timothy Coote

In that location is a train at the station
With a seat reserved just for me
I'chiliad excited well-nigh its destination
As I've heard information technology sets you complimentary

The trials and tribulations
The pain and stress we exhale
Don't exist were I am going
Just happiness I believe

I hope that you will be there
To wish me on my style
Information technology'south not a journeying you tin can join in
It's non your time today

There'll be many destinations
Some are happy, some are sad
Each ane a brief reminder
Of the nifty times that nosotros've had

Many friends I know are waiting
Who took an earlier train
To greet and reassure me
That nothing has really changed

We'll have the time together
To catch upwardly on the past
To build a new showtime
One that will always terminal

One mean solar day yous'll take your journey
On the train only similar me
And i promise that I'll be there
At the station and yous will see

That Life is just a journeying
Enriched past those you meet
No one tin can take that from you
It'due south e'er yours to keep'

Merely now every bit no seat is vacant
Y'all will take to muddle through
Brand sure you fulfill your ambitions
Every bit you know I'll be watching yous

And if at that place's an occasion
To mention who you lot knew
Speak kindly of that person
As one day it volition be you

Now i can't except this ending
And as it's time for me to exit
Please make haste to the reception
To savour my drinks, they're free!

~

"I Miss Y'all" Poems (Later the Death of a Blood brother)

The bail you lot share with a brother will ever be special.  This beautiful verse form is the perfect tribute to a brother who passed away.  He volition alive in your heart forever until you lot see again one twenty-four hour period.

Dear Brother Your Memory Will Never Fade

By an Unknown Author

My dear Blood brother at present that yous are gone
You're no longer here to share
The bond we had together –
A bond of beloved and intendance.
Yet, somehow something tells me
You are watching over me –
Now that from Worldly cares
Y'all finally are free.
I miss you lot and so very much,
And my tears I cannot hide
All the same, within my eye, I experience
You are always by my side.
E'er since you went away
Life has never been the same
Yet, it comforts me to know
That i twenty-four hours we'll encounter over again.

~

This poem speaks of all the wonderful attributes that makes your sibling special and says: "I miss you lot brother."

Miss Y'all Blood brother

Past an Unknown Writer

Your actions were always kind
A generous paw and an active mind
Anxious to delight and loath to offend
A loving blood brother and faithful friend
Nosotros'll all miss you very much

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This funeral poem speaks near the deep grief we vicious when a loved ane dies, and our resolve to go on his memories alive forever.

In Our Minds

By an Unknown Author

We stand up motionless,
consumed in grief.
Sorrow has arrived,
with smiles thief.

Nosotros're gathered here,
to mourn and cry.
Our questions pointing,
at the clear bluish sky.

Why did you go,
why did you leave,
Life without you,
is so hard to conceive.

Our hearts are damaged,
and scarred severely.
Nosotros shall miss yous,
much more than dearly.

For having you lot in our lives,
we've all been blest.
But now the time has arrived,
for y'all to rest.

We hope to cherish,
our memories of you.
You lot shall live in our minds,
and all that nosotros exercise.

~

Nosotros dearest this next poem.  Information technology is simple, but says then much.  Yous could also utilise this poem as inspiration to pen your own original poem most the loss of a blood brother.

I Miss

By Salena A. Hayes

I miss you,
I miss the loud music coming
from your room,
I miss the warmth of knowing
You lot're just a telephone call abroad,
I miss the fashion we fought and
played,
I miss seeing your big bright
grin,
I miss getting kicked out of
your room,
I miss seeing you here and
in that location,
I miss cooking you lot breakfast
lunch and dinner,
I miss hearing you come up in
at dark,
I miss making you wear your
seat chugalug,
I miss property your hand to
pray,
I miss your smell,
I miss yous with all my might,
I miss the way we would fight,
I miss my blood brother,
I miss my friend,
I miss you lot, I dear you and that's
THE END!

~

Special Funeral Poems for Brother (From Sister or From Brother)

When a beloved blood brother passes away, permit us think of him as watching over us forever.  This next poem expresses this sentiment eloquently.

It Will Never Be Bye…

Past an Unknown Author

If I should go tomorrow
It would never exist goodbye,
For I have left my middle with you,
So don't y'all always cry.
The honey that's deep within me,
Shall reach yous from the stars,
You'll feel it from the heavens,
And information technology will heal the scars.

~

The decease of a brother leaves a whole in our hearts and in our lives.  We have not just lost a brother, we have lost our best friend.

My Beloved Brother

By an Unknown Author

From day one all nosotros did was fight,
now all I do is fight back my tears.
I wanted to do everything you did,
because I wanted to be just like you lot.
Now I sit here wondering what to do,
because there'southward no one to replace you lot.

I never did tell you all the things I felt,
like how much I really did love you.
I wish we could become back and showtime over again.
I don't want to be alone. I need my blood brother,
I need my best friend.

When you remember of me
while your up in heaven,
Think of how much you meant to me.

Its sad that you lot left
without saying goodbye,
But merely call back we all love you lot
as y'all began to fly.

You did so much for me,
as I didn't do much for you.
I promise you volition forgive me,
for all the things I didn't do

Yous were my brother
and my all-time friend.
I will e'er honey you lot
no matter how long its been,
since your life came to an finish.

~

This touching funeral poem is a beautiful tribute to a special brother and reflects on all the happy and wonderful memories you shared.  This poem is perfect for a memorial service or commemoration of life ceremony.

In Retentivity of a Special Blood brother

Past an Unknown Author

Today is full of memories
of a blood brother laid to residuum
and every single one of them
is filled with happiness.

For you were someone special
always such a joy to know
and there was so much hurting
when information technology was fourth dimension to allow yous go

That'due south why this special message
is sent to heaven higher up
for the angels to accept care of you lot
and give you lot all my dear

~

"Broken Concatenation" is a funeral verse form that would be appropriate for a religious service.  This verse form describes the passing of a loved i as a pause in your family chain.  Although your family may feel cleaved after the passing of a blood brother, this poem reassures yous that God will mend your family one day when y'all are all reunited in heaven.

The Cleaved Concatenation

By Ron Tranmer

We little knew the day that
God was going to phone call your name.
In life we loved yous dearly,
In death we do the same.

It bankrupt our hearts to lose you
But you didn't go alone.
For function of united states of america went with you
The solar day God called you home.

You left us peaceful memories.
Your dear is even so our guide,
And though nosotros cannot run into you
You are always at our side.

Our family concatenation is broken
and nothing seems the same,
but as God calls united states one by ane
the chain volition link again.

~

When it comes to poems about brothers, this one is favourite.  Information technology gives tribute to the richness of our human relationship with our blood brother; we fought, we laughed, nosotros cried together, and shared our hopes and dreams.

My Brother

By an Unknown Author

Equally kids, we lived together
We fought, we laughed, nosotros cried.
Nosotros did not e'er show the love,
that we both had within.
We shared our dreams and plans,
and some secrets too.
All the memories we share,
Is what bonds me now to you.
Nosotros grew to find we have a love
that is very stiff today.
It's a beloved shared past our family,
that will never fade away.
You lot are my brother not by choice,
only past the nature of our nascence
I could non accept chosen a ameliorate 1
you were the best on earth.

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This is the perfect funeral poem for a special blood brother to award the legacy he left backside and to thank him for the impact that he had on all the lives he touched.

In Retention of a Wonderful Brother

Past an Unknown Writer

I hold onto our memories
The ones that are then honey
To try to keep you e'er shut
Now y'all are not here
Y'all were called, it was your time
Only information technology is then truthful
You have left a legacy
At that place was no one similar you
Yous were very special
And I desire to say
I feel lost in many means
You lot are not here today
Just I will never forget you
And I know I have been blessed
To have yous for my Blood brother
Considering y'all were the best…

~

This funeral poem honours the life of a little brother that passed abroad at a young age.  "To us you were so precious."

Precious…

By an Unknown Writer

Two smiling eyes stopped smiling,
A gilded eye stood still,
Nosotros don't know why God took yous,
And approximate we never will.
He but lent you to us,
Then came and took you dorsum,
To us y'all were so precious,
Your life was full of fun,
A caring, loving brother,
A darling little son.

~

Here is another verse form nigh a footling brother'south decease.  While he missed out on growing upward, he didn't miss out on having an affluence of love.

Too Soon

Past Mary Yarnall

This was a life
that had inappreciably begun
No fourth dimension to detect
your identify in the sunday
No time to practise
all yous could have done
But we loved you enough for a lifetime

No time to enjoy
the world and its wealth
No fourth dimension to take life
down off the shelf
No time to sing
the song of yourself
Though you had plenty love for a lifetime

Those who alive long
suffer sadness and tears
Merely you'll never endure
the sorrowing years
No betrayal, no anger
No hatred, no fear
Only dearest – only love – in your lifetime

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