An empty chair

just over there

and round my table

one less guest.

One less chance.

One last test.

Oh! empty chair; I’d rather see

you, my friend, right next to me.

But, this is the time

to part our ways;

to hold

to my own company.

So on the day

of someday soon

and you are here

right here with me.

That empty chair

I will not see.

Writing