This website has multiple poem options. Please click here for a link to all the poetry: All Memorial And Funeral Poems
A few lines from "You Took A Risk And The Risk Took You":
"You took a risk and the risk took you
And it breaks our hearts to know
That you've been taken away from us
That you won't be coming home
For in the daring, perhaps some say 'foolish', act
There was a risk, a chance it would be
The final act to your wonderful act
Though it's still hard to believe
For of the many who'll risk...then survive
There are always a few who'll pay
'The ultimate price we all know it might cost
If the odds don't go their way
So your passing will be remembered
With a poignant sadness, understanding the cost..."
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