Overlijdensgedichtje: ‘Ziekte en zorgen overkomen ons allemaal’

Ik heb drie schatten
Die ik koester en behoed
De eerste is de liefde
De tweede tevredenheid
De derde bescheidenheid

Je leven lang
heb je zoveel liefde gegeven
aan een ieder die er voor openstond
Van velen heb je liefde teruggekregen
tot aan de dag dat je je rust vond

God looked around His garden
and He found an empty place
He then looked down upon this earth
and saw your tired face
He put His arms around you
and lifted you to rest
Gods garden must be beautiful
He always takes the best
He knew that you were suffering
He knew you were in pain
He also knew in Heaven
you would never hurt again
He saw the road was getting rough
and the hill harder to climb
So, He closed your weary eyelids
and whispered "Peace Be Thine"
It broke my heart to lose you
but you didn't go alone
For part of me went with you
the day He called you home
If tears could build a staircase
and memories a lane
I'd walk all the way to heaven
and bring you home again

Een roos als symbool
vertelt ons van 't leven
de een is er lang
de ander maar even

— Nel van Drie, ingezonden door Nell Broens