~Little mother of five~

~Little mother of five~

I'm the type that walks the neighbours cat
back across the
street,
So he make's it home safe at night,
I realized something today,
Little babies ~ mice
No names, no hair
Vulnerabilities everywhere,

This mouse in my house
Is a mother like me,
A party of five has she
To my three,
I just can't stand the thoughts
For them to die,
So tiny and innocent
I started to cry,
Why my house, why?

She made a nest
With little trinkets
She found around my house
The sheer generosity
Of this mother
This tiny little mouse,

My daughters rings
Amongst her collection
Something about the notion
My view a new direction
How could i harm her now
How i ask you, how?
What now?

I placed the babies in a box
With a door,
Left it on my bedroom floor
Hoping she would come home
And tend to her babies five,
But what's to become of them
If she doesn't,
How Will they survive?

I sit here silently
waiting for her to arrive ,

I wish to take this family
for a little drive,
Set them free, far from harm
A paddock away, maybe a farm
So she can nurture them
And they can grow

Away from trouble
I do hope that she returns
And the story ends happily
This little mouse once drove me
Crazy, nights without any sleep
but now she means so much to me,
where little mouse can you be,
Little mother of five ,
me a mother of three.

Nardine Sanderson 19/04/2015.