Empty spaces

There's a place in separated/divorced parents home that has emotional currency. Even though this place is empty. That space is the silhouette of the child that is not there. Although this space may smell like them or feel like them it is vacant. That vacancy can be for hours, days or weeks. Within that vacancy lays the heart break of ideals once held for a complete family. Although  the situation may be better now, it's hard to look at those empty spaces an not feel sad.