One seldom thinks of the worry
Of a squirrel’s mate
Who waits
Restless
With nervousness
For a spouse who will never return
We seldom consider
What effect that loss
Will have on the children
And on their children

Roadkill
That’s what most of us think
Nothing beyond that

We certainly don’t think of the worry
Of a mother who waits at home
Not knowing
Perhaps never knowing
That she is now a widow