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Empty Chair

Dad, your retirement home pick,
Serene, with soft ocean breezes,
A porch to be outdoors,
Perfectly matched your calm personality.
Empty chair?  I see you.
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Copyright © David Crandall | Year Posted 2024

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Crystol Woods Date: 7/21/2024 8:50:00 AM Awe... how sweet and lovely to think our loved ones will remain in our minds eye. Beautiful take on this! Xo Login to Reply David Crandall Date: 7/21/2024 9:18:00 AM Thanks Crystol - yep, he's remembered fondly.

Joseph May Date: 7/18/2024 5:50:00 AM Congrats on your win, Very nicely penned Login to Reply David Crandall Date: 7/18/2024 8:17:00 AM Thanks Joesph! It was an interesting exercise, writing based on what a picture evokes.

Kim Rodrigues Date: 7/17/2024 5:03:00 PM A sad one indeed. Retirement often doesn’t last long. The empty chair missing its occupant. Congrats, David! Login to Reply David Crandall Date: 7/17/2024 6:52:00 PM Actually, my dad had a pretty good run, about 25 years of retirement and 15 years in his nice retirement house. He passed in 2016 at 90.

Hilda Greenhough Date: 7/12/2024 1:43:00 AM A person's chair is a constant reminder. Your poem is bittersweet. Login to Reply David Crandall Date: 7/12/2024 7:00:00 PM Bittersweet, that's a good word for my feeling Hilda