What is to be written on your grave?
Even if you don’t want a gravestone, just answer anyway. If you had, oh say, 3 lines into which to put your life’s send-off, what would you have them write? Sometimes I think mine would say this:
Do not look for me here, I have gone
Into you, my children
And my love…
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Don’t sit on the sidelines of life, I didn’t.
Dream, Laugh, Live and Love…and forgive
I love you, always.
The_Compassionate_Heretic poked his head outside the tent to see if the bear was gone yet.
It wasn’t.
Here lies Jack
Died of flutheritis
His password was….
Love hard
Take chances
And never look back
“You better have made DAMN SURE I was dead!”
@Simone_De_Beauvoir yeah as if I’m gonna tell you :P
Actually if Bri and jbfletcherfan put their heads together they can easily find out. ;) oops now my account is hacked! lol
i would have said “i told you i was ill” but Spike Milligan got there first….
with my name, probably:
The Buck Stops Here
With imperfect tools and his best friend by his side, he helped guide two lives and save one…his own.
I want my body to be discarded in the woods, but were I to have a normal burial with a tombstone I would want it to say “He was eaten by bears”
Here lies an Atheist
All dressed up
And no place to go.
- or -
I told you I was sick.
- or (the serious consideration) -
Life gone by, life anew
Be pure in spirit, forever true.
Shed your worries and cast off woe,
Love is the power to forever bestow.
My husband’s next wife
better let the dogs in the house
Or I’ll haunt them both!
Always honest in life…
...whatthefluther lies here
Here lies a decent person.
Lived life, loved life, and stayed true to his principles.
May he rest in peace, and may his family, friends, and strangers remember him fondly.
I have gone to spend eternity upon Evelyn’s wondrous bosom. Hopefully, I’ll see you there, and if not, tell Jesus I said “Howdy.”
@Simone_De_Beauvoir . A beautiful question. One of the best I have read here.. Makes one think. Thanks for it.
Sorry for not strictly sticking to the 3-line, but I’d love to have something like this:
Here lies someone
Who tried to make the world a better place
He loved his family, friends and faith
He succeeded
So can you
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If I have to stick with 3 lines
Here lies someone
Who died happy
He loved and was loved
1. AFK
2. BRB
3. You’re on my foot.
4. I’m right behind you.
5. This world was not his home.
6. Don’t pee on my grave cuz I’ll know.
7. Here Lies __ . Loving Husband.Devoted Father. Dutiful Son.
Know this: It can’t rain all the time.
@Ansible1 Are you by chance a fellow fan of the black feathered one?
Here lies Charles Clarke
Born 1961
Died 2103
“For those that are reading this, know that I died happy. Now stop mourning the dead and start appreciating life. It’s over before you know it.”
or
“Warning: Was Taught by Pai Mei”
No Body Here, I’ve gone to college the hard way.
I hope someone made use of the leftovers.
Be an organ donor.
My body is not here, its being carefully dissected by those who need my body now I don’t.
(I want to be an organ donor, with the rest of my body going to science).
or
I fought till the end, what excuse have you not to do the same?
“Did I KNOW my GPS couldn’t identify railroad tracks?!”
Get a life, before you end up where I am.
“But she and Death acquainted
Meet tranquilly, as friends;
Salute and pass,
Without a hint,
And there the Matter ends.”
-by Emily Dickinson
I read this poem (the above is just the ending) when I was 16. Decided then it needed to be on my grave stone. Told my mother then, and she didn’t appreciate me being morbid. Haven’t changed my mind about it in 13 years. (Though I don’t actually want a coffin or anything. I prefer to rot in the dirt without being inside anything.)
@AstroChuck yes that’s a good one…as in pleased to meet you, but it’s a bit late now….
I have no vacancy
There’s no room left to move in me
Without me now you’ll have to be
So long and thanks for all the fish.
Here lies the body formerly known as (insert name here).
OR
Watch your backs.
all his life, he wore velcro shoes out of fear that he would trip on laces and impale himself on a fork that was discarded and left on the ground. earlier today he overcame his fear of wearing shoes with laces and was shortly impaled by a fork left on the ground.
small print at the bottom:
do you believe how much we fit on this gravestone? if you like our work, call 800-die-rite
(GQ @Simone_De_Beauvoir)
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No regrets because I have…
Lived
Learned
Laughed
Loved
@Hambayuti thanks and I like your second and third ones
Hey you kids! Get off my grass!
Don’t be sad,
for I’m happy here too!
I have turned into a breeze, no longer contained.
Shine in the shade for me.
Look both ways before crossing the street.
A life jacket’s a good idea.
Make sure a professional packs your parachute.
Damn. I didn’t think I pissed anyone off that much.
Moshing when you’re over 80 is maybe not the best choice.
To be on the safe side make your bungee chord a little bit shorter than you think you need.
Bastard doctors!
I can’t believe Keith Richards outlived me.
You can stop holding my beer now.
Is that what they meant when they called me a “bleeding heart”?
Whatever I did in the end, don’t do that.
…but, hey. What a way to go, huh?
@cyndyh….Those are all gems, but you got the GA for the Keith Richards line! Good show! See ya…wtf
He finally reached the end of his quest.
He loved his kids more than anything. He tried his best to be a good father.
Most of the time he was successful. That’s when he was happiest.
@Zen I really like that. love that. actually.
“Don’t worry about me. You’ll see me soon…Giggling, Laughing, and Smiling.”
Forrest Lee Horn, Sr., BS, BA, MA
CPT, INF, USA
( Retired/Disabled )
Still riding… somewhere.
on second thought…
On to Another Grand Adventure!
I beat you to it!! NyaaNyaaaNyaaaah!
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