Wonder

A widow often wonders how it’s done. How other widows do it.  How other widows manage grief and single life and looking straight into a lonely future.  How do they do it? 

And so, their antennae seeks signals.  Their radar transmits entail. 
Their systems are on high alert for clues and cues from crews of widows. 

Widows will ask:  When did your husband leave? Do you live alone? Are you ok?

Widows will observe: can they function, do they join, have they laughed? 

Widows will notice: are they involved, do they serve others, are their homes aright.  Are they aright? 

Widows conclude that if they function, join, laugh, participate, serve and are flat out together… these widows don’t wonder.  They’ve been widows awhile.  They don’t think of themselves as widows.  They don’t look into a lonely future, they live a fulfilled now. 

They don’t wonder how it’s done.  Anymore.