M & J Monday

When I look at you

And you look at me,

I wonder what wonderful

Things you will be.

When you were too small

To tell me hello,

I knew you were someone

I wanted to know.

For all of your tininess

Couldn't disguise

A heart so enormous...

And wild...

and wise.

This is the first time

There's ever been you,

 So I wonder what wonderful things

You will do.

Will you stand up for good

By saving the day?

Or play a song only you

Know how to play?

Will you tell a story

That only you know?

Will you learn what it means

To help things to grow?

Will you learn how to fly

To find the best view?

Or take care of things

Much smaller than you?

I know you'll be kind...

And clever...

And bold.

And the bigger your heart,

The more it will hold.

When nights are black and

When days are gray -

You'll be brave and bright

So no shadows can stay.

Then you will discover

All there is to see...

And become anybody

That you'd like to be.

And then I'll look at you

And you'll look at me

And I'll love you,

Whoever you've grown up to be.

The Wonderful Things You Will Be

~Emily Winfield Martin

Happy Monday!