The mother ignored

 I heard her story 
Full of frustrating details
Her face said something about being ignored.

She sought kindness but also intimacy
She was to give herself to another man to recieve that energy.
Unsure of where it would take her and if it would satisfy.

For her life as it stood was work and children, both she loved.
And her life was full of love, good enough for gratitude.
But without affection life has no reward.

The weekly slog was dread married on paper but a functioning widow.
She didn't look for a way out or let herself fall.
All she could do was force herself to focus on the shame.