Death Count

Did you stop to think
that there was a lover,
a sister, a mother,
a father waiting for them

that there was a life
which was taken away from them
waiting for them back there.

did you stop to think
how that one bereavement would
leave some few with just anguish

don't think of numbers
or how many died

think how many people they had to
leave behind for no fault of theirs.
remember them for they are no more with us