Your Favorite Things Poem by Haley Akin

I see you in this little face
That shines so bright at me
I watch her grow and wonder on
How big now you would be

I see you there in the empty seat
When we sit at night to eat
I wonder… What’s your favorite drink?
And if you'd eat your meat

All the things of everyday
Some… took for granted then
Like the way you'd want to hold your fork
Or what your birthday wish had been

I dream up things I think you'd do
And imagine what you'd say
I will watch you dance and sing with her
When she's having a rough day

I dream these things as I watch her grow
Each quark a priceless gem
Even though I will never truly know...
What your favorite things had been.