Empty Chairs and Empty Tables

I listened and heard  a timeless call resounding...

Empty Chairs and Empty Tables

empty chairs and empty tables no longer shall it be

for the voices of freedom call from sea to sea

valor and vision hold to heart to soul

freed from oppression a willingly paid toll

a promise not fulfilled will yet stand

and TRUTH be held in full command

the dream yet dreamed shall unfold

another story be it now told

empty chairs and empty tables no longer shall it be

for the voices of freedom call from sea to sea.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York