Joe's Funeral Service (II)

Not 'How did he die?' but 'How did he live?'

Not 'What did he gain?' but 'What did he give?'

These are the units that measure the worth

Of a man, as a man, no matter his birth.

Not 'What was his Church?'

Nor 'What was his creed?'

But his work and his care

For those people in need:

His strength for his children,

His love for his wife.

These are the units

That measure a life.

Not what the sketch

In the newspapers say,

But how many will miss him

Now he's passed a away.

Anon