#EmptySeats

A vacant chair, beside me stands,
A haunting reminder of absent hands.
Once filled with laughter, warmth, and light,
Now echoes silence, through endless night.

The table's spread, with memories old,
A feast of moments, forever cold.
The chair creaks soft, in gentle sway,
As if awaiting return, some distant day.

In this empty space, I search for peace,
A sense of closure, or fleeting release.
But echoes linger, whispers of the past,
A bittersweet reminder, forever to last.

The empty seat, a hollowed heart,
A longing for what will never depart.
A memory kept, of love now gone,
A poignant ache, that lingers on.


E - Echoes of memories past
M - Moments shared, now forever lost
P - Pain of longing, forever cast
T - Tears fall soft, in gentle hush
Y - Yearning for what will never return
S - Silence now, where love once was
E - Empty seat, hollowed heart
A - Absence felt, forevermore
T - Tears of memories, forever shed


© Uswat Omotayo