The table is laden with Christmas cheer.
Smiles and laughter and warmth is here.
Yet an emptiness pervades, unbidden, rank.
Not everyone is present to enjoy the day.
There is an empty chair.
Of our three children , one is gone.
A discordant note in the Christmas song.
The passing years have taken a toll.
So many celebrations missed, passed by.
There is an empty chair.
I pray and hope one day to see.
My smiling children, yes, all three.
Gathered again in love, joy and smiles.
And that never again will I say
There is an empty chair.
JP 12-26-2011
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