The Empty Seats At Our Table

The empty seats at our table

Are there to remind us all

That our days on earth are marked

And to another plane our souls will be called.

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The empty seats at our table

Are there to tell us life is too precious to make a fuss

So instead of making big things out of nothing

We should learn to treasure every minute that has been given to us.

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The empty seats at our table

Are there to tell us to choose our words and actions well

So that we leave our loved ones, and those who survive us

A lot of smiles and happy memories on which to dwell.

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The empty seats at our table

Are there to remind us that every life is a mixture of happy and sad

And in spite of our troubles, illnesses, and losses

The good will have outweighed the bad.

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The empty seats at our table

Are there to tell us that after we are gone, our ideas and thoughts may not survive

So we should express as many of our ideas and thoughts as we can to those who matter to us, and to those who will benefit from them

While we are still alive.

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The empty seats at our table

Are there to tell us to we should not leave anything undone

We should say the things we need to say, and do the things we have to do

To secure the peace, joy, and future of our loved ones.

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The empty seats at our table

Are there to tell us that every life leaves a mark

And that our lives are not for nothing

Even when the trajectory of our lives goes dark.

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The empty seats at our table

Are there to comfort us that once we are gone

People will remember the best of us

And make sure each one of us leaves with a swan song.

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Yes, the empty seats at our table

Are there not just to leave a pang and an ache, and nothing else

But rather, they are there to make us think and reflect

And to live out our days as wiser and happier selves.

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Mummy and Daddy, Angie and James, Arun and David, we miss you. The empty seats at our table are there to remind us of what we lost, when we lost each one of you. Remembering you today. And sending flying kisses up to you in heaven and the plane to which your souls have ascended.