Empty Places Poem by Michael Gelb

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