for christopher & lucia

this sweet thing
a joy. a barely breath.
a tow headed baby god.
you are raising your kids
right. in the old way. 
they brush their limbs
across the land. he stuffed
his mouth with basil. he was
full of life. he lived with his heart
wide open.
his herbed sighs
the summer wind. gently
forever.

                              t.l andry