The lonely funeral

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Loudminority_ on June 2nd, 2021 at 10:59 UTC »

Here is the complete poem from the program written by Frank Staril

Goodbye stranger, I say goodbye, on the road

to nowhere, to the final country where everyone is welcomed in,

where nothing needn't know your origin. Farewell sir,

without papers, without identity. What were you looking for?

How much did you lose along the way?

Who stares through the empty window, waits - nameless man, wait, while I speak

and entrust my empty words to this empty room.

I am too late. You I never knew.

Not at your weakest, not in your strength.

Not in the final country, where you are greeted without name.

I don't know the words you spoke. Not me.

Who then, loved you? In which rooms did you sleep,

who kissed you goodnight, who'll wear out your shirt?

Who will want to stand where you once stood?

Who now takes the road you took?

Who still looks for you? Who remembers whence you came?

Who heard the voice calling out for you to come on home man to your final haven, Amsterdam.

kalimaja on June 2nd, 2021 at 11:51 UTC »

He is called Frank Starik. Great guy, sadly passed away himself in 2018

Uselessrubbish1979 on June 2nd, 2021 at 11:52 UTC »

I work in the Funeral trade in the UK. Generally if there is no one to attend a service the funeral director and bearers will sit in on the service. It amazing the stories you hear.