Empty Places
Empty Places
By Joeysguy
For many years I lived in a full house
Between kids, dogs, and my spouse
My wife and dogs are now gone
My kids have all moved on
I didn’t think I would ever lose my wife
Never thought about emptiness in my life
In the closets are empty hangers that I see
They can bring out the sadness that’s in me
Those hangers held the clothes of my wife
The clothes given away, now in someone else’s life
In restaurants I wait to be seated
Then the number one is repeated
In the seats across from me
Is the empty space that I see
One empty side of the bed
The pillow still there that held her head
The smallest thing with the largest space
It’s my heart the most empty place
Copyright © Michael Gelb | Year Posted 2016
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