Empty chair

My beloved and daughter are doing nursery duty this morning.  We all attended the 9 AM service.  I wait for them.  I write sitting in the place my clients sit, consider the scenery from here.  I remember what I learned in school of the gestalt empty chair technique.  This morning I prefer to leave the chair empty, consider what my clients see.  God Himself is with us...they sing upstairs.  I leave the door and window open, watch the latecomers slide in... late.

I sit in the place

My clients sit.

One difference is

My chair is empty.

Still the window is open

To the outside;

The door is open

To the hallway.

I sit

Where my clients sit.

I see different things,

Hear the service begin

Above me.

God Himself is with us

The people sing.

I hear nursery noises

Down the hall,

Watch the latecomers slide in

Through the back door.

I sit

Where my clients sit

Every week.

I consider the view

From here.