One bent on having things just so
He’ll be recovering from being first
The rest of his life
Slipping into his man skin
Fighting against the fit
Teach him it’s okay to fail
Love him when he’s wrong
Say I’m sorry
 
One with passion, so fiery
She came after all the pain
And burst upon the world in song
She will be bent and broken all her life
But she will soar higher for it
Her life is in flight
Her passion vibrating the sidewalk beneath her
 
The little one
Such animation
A momma’s girl
She will love deeply
Her life will radiate the love
Of Christ, of family
She will live quietly but
Leave such resonance 
 
My unborn
The one I never knew
I can’t see who he was or would be
A gnawing some nights
A mindful surrender
He’s with Jesus now
I’m jealous
 
And then the gift
His momma too young
She gladly gave him to us
Despite her pain
Despite her joy
A blessing that makes my heart
Almost 
Stop
He is a gift again to all who meet him
 
And I realize that they are all more
More
More than the total of what I’ve done wrong

subtracted from what I’ve done right

Thank God
They are who He made them
They are
Grace