HER LOSS

Mothers come in every size
color, shape and kind
but a mothers loss of her offspring
is what is on my mind

I'm speaking of a cow
and how she loves her baby
if you've ever been between a cow and her calf
you'll know I don't mean maybe

they have been labeled as mean
they have even been called wild
what we all seem to forget
is that her calf is her child

this is more evident when she suffers a loss
and her baby calf is born dead
you can can actually see it in her face
the sorrow and the dread

she becomes a mother in mourning
complete with a broken heart
you can hear it in her lowing sounds
and from her herd mates she will part

I'm sure that she will grieve
just as any mother would
she'll feel like a part of her is missing
and have pain, as well she should

at times, she won't know why it happens
she just knows that it will
even though her calf was still born
there are more to be born still.