Thinking of My Seed

Their portraits in my mind
Memories still fresh yet distant
No time in this world for regret
Only hoping decisions made true
     as I walk alone in this strange
     new land

I wonder if their eyes would see as mine
Would their lungs take in the air the
     same way?
Would they walk where I have walked?
Would they share in my joy?
     My confusion?
     My apprehension?

They will continue to grow without me-
     Will they grow as I grew without guidance?
     Will they need me to steer them away
     from my past?

Isaac Clayton, Lesley Lynn'e, Brendan
     Elijah John
Hard to imagine walking through 
     this life-
Without their tiny footsteps
     close behind