The Empty Chair

                                                                              THE EMPTY CHAIR

A little girl peeps through the curtain

At the people waiting for the show

But she cannot see her daddy

Where he is she doesn't know

He promised that he'd be there

On the phone the other night

He's let her down so many times before

It really isn't right

Her teacher shouts "Places please

It's time for us to start"

How could daddy be so cruel

How could he break her heart

As the play gets under way

She can't miss the empty seat

Why can't he make the effort

It really would be neat

She found it hard to say her lines

With tears in her eyes

You'd think that she'd be used to

All her daddy's lies

A mile away is an accident

And a car that's overturned

Flames just extinguished

It's driver badly burned

His final words still echoing

As the angels took him away

In the ears of a paramedic

Something about his daughters play

Reviews

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

this is a powerful most moving poem
very well written and expressed, lovely but sad

[George David Hope]

Thanks for your comments regarding this poem. I'm really glad you enjoyed it

[송지ፏ..]

Very nice and good twist.

I dealt with it with having an abusive alcoholic stepfather and sexually abusive mother who was narcissistic. I rarely went to school and when there were family events like fairs or field trip, my parents never came.

[George David Hope]

So sorry to hear that this poem was a little close to home for you but glad you liked it. Thanks for the review

[송지석 / Ji-Suk]

Thank you very much. You’re welcome.