Too Rough for Heaven - Funeral Poem
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Too Rough for Heaven - Full Text of the Funeral and Memorial Poem:
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TOO ROUGH FOR HEAVEN Dear Lord, We think a mistake’s been made And we feel it’s right and proper To inform you of this error made And ask you to consider our offer You see…you took someone from us Who’s too rough around the edges And would be better off on earth with us Than up with you in heaven And it wouldn’t be a hardship For us to take him back Just send him to us…safe and sound And there’ll be no questions asked We’re even prepared to list the reasons That he’d be better off right here And we’re sure when they’re considered Your choice will be quite clear He’s just not ready for heaven yet Right now he’d find it quite a task But if you’ll give him a few more years We’ll work on fixing that First, you’ll find he prefers a pair of jeans And well-worn shoes or boots To whatever it is that you wear up in heaven Be it robes or business suits For he’s much too hard a worker To wear clothes like that…he’d make a fuss! And though you need hard workers in heaven He’d still be better off with us Second, when you consider The language for which he’s known His colorful words would shock the angels So you might want to send him home For though you’d respect that he speaks the truth And “says things as they are” Frankly, we need truth like his here on earth Heaven is just too far He doesn’t have perfect table manners So this really isn’t the time Alt. Verse: He prefers beer to a glass of wine For him to join your heavenly feasts Alt. Verse: He's just not ready for your heavenly feasts His manners aren’t that refined And we realize you appreciate his kindness And the respect he’s rightly earned From those of us privileged to know him But it’s one more reason he should be returned Yes…his family knows his heart of gold And you’re right…there never existed a truer friend Okay…we can see why you want him up in heaven But he’s someone, upon which, we depend And so we, his family and dearest friends Are asking you to change your mind Give us a few more years with him And we’ll smooth his rough edges over time And you may feel he’s already ready To be with you forever Yet even knowing his goodness We can’t bear to lose him either So give us a decade…or two…more with him That’s all we simply ask Please return him to his family and friends For we’ll gladly take him back! Poem Copyright ã 2012-2014 Poems And Reflections LLC. All Rights Reserved. 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