Road kill prayer

I smelled your death

Before your body found

Lying on the ground

Blood red on black asphalt

I pray your death was quick

And not in vain

That in your passing

Another's life is blessed

May the desperate mother

A coyote with kids

Find nourishment in your flesh

To return to cubs

Breasts swollen with milk

May the hungry father

An owl with chicks in nest

Find sustenance in your flesh

To return to brood with open beaks

Who find their fill at last

I smelled your death

Before your body found

Lying on the ground

Blood red on black asphalt

I pray your death was quick

And not in vain

That in your passing

Another's life does gain