Obituary

 

Obituary

© by Bud Lemire on May 2, 2021

When a person passes, everyone should know

Their life's story, in which an obituary will show

Not just their birth date, or the day that they died

But the person they were, on the inside

The parents, and the Mother's maiden name

I loved it when the Obituaries, listed those who came

The number of children, and their names listed too

All of their siblings, in the family that they knew

It should tell a story, of the deceased person to see

So we can all read, about their life's fulfilled destiny

Their interests and life's work, and all that they have done

Because life is too short, not to include some sort of fun

I want to see more people, responding with how they knew

That person who passed, from their point of view

Write something good, so we all can read

About that special person, it's what we all need

An obituary shouldn't be too short, like some can be

It should be well written, to keep in our memory

We may just know part, of the story that is told

With other's input, their whole story will unfold

I love a well written obituary. One that tells you a

story about the person. Sometimes it is so well done

that even when you don't know them, you wish you had.

Some are way too short and not informative, and I don't

believe anyone deserves that. There may be someone

in years to come who wants to know more about that

person. Without the proper information, they won't know.

Even if the big cities can't post a full obituary. One should

be made and posted online somewhere. For those of us who

want to know. Unless of course you are a private person, and

even then, you can decide what to put in it, or not. I feel that

nobody should be forgotten.