Tragic orphans

A rather sad dream, this one.  As I recall, it was quite long and protracted, but the general gist was that I had gone to a house where two young boys lived.  One was 5 and the other 2 or 3.  Their parents had gone out a few days earlier and not returned.

The boys were missing their parents, but sure they would return, they were also becoming hungry as they were running out of food.  Somehow, in that manner in which you do in dreams, I just "knew" those boys' parents had died and would not be coming back, which made me feel intensely sad for the now orphaned children.  In this dream, I also happened to be involved with some sort of charitable organisation that helped children like this, so when I went back to the office, I told someone about the boys and he drove over to pick them up, with the intention of finding them a new home.

I woke from this dream still feeling very sad for the fates of those poor children.

As for what it could mean, I suspect it has something to do with my ex.  A week or so ago, she got in touch asking if we could patch things up.  If you've been following this, you'll know that we split up around September/October last year (her doing).  I responded to her text by saying that I no longer know how I feel about her (which is the truth), and that I would get back to her once I've thought it through.  To date, I have not contacted her and don't know when I will.  I could be wrong, but something tells me the boys in this dream symbolise her waiting for me to respond to her, and that the dead parents represent my feelings towards her.  I also suspect the sadness I felt about this dream alludes to my guilt in not contacting her and, of course the remnant sadness of how things ended between us.

I'm also with somebody else now, so the chances of us getting back together are negligible at best.