The Last One Standing

The café lights are soft and low, a familiar, easy hum

I see them laughing, watch them grow, just like the old days come

A gentle arm around a waist, a knowing, soft embrace

A rounded belly, no time to waste, a family finds its place

One by one, the years have flown, a new chapter starts for them

While I stand still, profoundly alone, a silent, unseen gem

And the world keeps turning, pages flip, a story I don't share

Another union, another trip, and an empty chair

I smile and nod, I raise my glass, pretend that I don't mind

Watching moments, as they pass, a life I've left behind

A bitter pill I have to take, this truth I must embrace

For happiness, for their own sake, I won't ever find my place

The pictures fill my social feed, of bliss and loving grace

A lonely heart, a silent plea, in this unending race

First the rings, then tiny shoes, a brand new life begun

I celebrate their happy news, beneath the setting sun

And the world keeps turning, pages flip, a story I don't share

Another union, another trip, and an empty chair

I smile and nod, I raise my glass, pretend that I don't mind

Watching moments, as they pass, a life I've left behind

A bitter pill I have to take, this truth I must embrace

For happiness, for their own sake, I won't ever find my place

Perhaps my soul's not built to blend, no intertwined design

A solitary path to tend, this fate will always be mine

I wouldn't wish this loneliness, on any soul I'd meet

Better this way, to watch them grow, from my solitary space

Forever just me, and the empty chair.