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The Final Flight / I Am Free. I’m following the path that God laid for me. To laugh, to love, to work, to play. Then fill it with remembered joy. Ah yes, these things surely will be missed. I prayed for your joy to come on tomorrow. Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief. God wanted me now, he set me free.
4 gru 2017 · A poem for those who have passed away and followed God's call. It expresses gratitude for the life lived, joy, friendship and love, and asks for no grief or sorrow.
This Poem is also known as the following: "The Final Flight poem". The poem is about someone who has passed away and is asking their loved ones not to grieve for them as they are now free and have taken God's hand.
The Flight Now dry your tears and look above For soon there will fly a pure white dove. I ask for a moment before setting her free, To listen to these words and think of me: As your days on this beauitful earth pass by, Don't be afraid to love, and don't be afraid to cry. Because even though I am gone from sight, Remember, it was only my body
The poem ends with the narrator encouraging their loved ones to fulfill their ambitions and speak kindly of others. The poem can be used for a funeral as it touches on the theme of life after death and the idea of meeting loved ones who have passed away before us.
I wrote the poem "I'm Free" on June 22, 1974. I still have the original handwritten poem with that date noted on it. I had been to a funeral and consequently, began to think about my own mortality. Being 35 years old at the time -- a wife and a mother -- I did not want anyone to be sad if I died at that age.
