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