an empty room

an empty room is creature of this art

yours to restore to please the glancing eye

but none can fill the needs of every heart

the actor knows that he's playing a part

and every word and gesture is a lie

an empty room is creature of this art

grey words a standard meaning might impart

yet hide the full import from any spy

but none can fill the needs of every heart

from shade to shade the hero has to dart

with no good means to hold his hope up high

an empty room is creature of this art

this was the message we heard at the start

no pearl that we had from its bed to pry

but none can fill the needs of every heart

we write the place down on the larger chart

and look up at the swiftly clouding sky

an empty room is creature of this art

but none can fill the needs of every heart

(C)2008, Fragano Ledgister