three

i remember
waiting for you
so foreign
so emotional
for my joy
to be their loss

and then they handed
you to me
and i was lost
surrendered
to loving you
forever

you fill
my days with laughter
you keep
me running, always
you are
my son, forever

adopting 2

also written 5/26/10, waiting for our first adoption match

You’re moving

From a dream in my heart

To a person in my hands

From an idea

To a baby

Arms and legs and twinkling eyes

I’m starting to believe

I will love you

Even more than the hope of you

And as I lift you

From your basket

We become a family

adopting 1

written 5/26/10, waiting for our first adoption match

Today

You are safe, nestled in your mother’s womb

She will give you life

Because of love

You are a survivor

Your generation is decimated

An empty crib, an empty crib, and then you

As she lets you go

You’re falling, falling

Into the hands

Of family

You will stand

A sign in your generation

A voice for life and love

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