birth.family.

"People say he has my ears," I tell you,

and we all laugh

because he has your ears

and your eyes and your blood

the cord that holds us together

is him 

and whether he knows or not, yet

his family is deep and wide and beautiful

for a moment 

I am looking in two sets of crystal blue eyes

two dimpled chins

the same rosebud mouth I see every day, today I see on you

because he is part of you

he holds my hand

he holds all our hearts

we will always be connected

evan, rees, seven

seven

i remember being seven

in heaven, is it a little the same?

I'm okay, you know

not whole, because part of me is you

but okay

somedays, though, it is agony

to know just a veil separates us

brothers, blonde and strong, tumbling

just on the other side of the screen

between me and you

when I close my eyes 

I can see you, almost

my sons, my babies, my boys

flesh of my flesh, spirit

I love you