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. ]* i! Q- Y- b2 M# ZI want to grow you a tree, - T9 x. z! L& J( F6 h+ @
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:" p* c& Z: A2 X5 k! G( J# ]
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
" V+ [- ~! Y2 L; V& f2 v' m7 Q3 qA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
; q9 X0 J& y5 j3 X4 K& _7 \But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
- a6 Z7 f# j& M' W; M* nwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.9 J1 V0 `, l i3 x, N' ~
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:0 |, P$ E4 A/ A+ g
Your fear, your hope,1 _( c' f. Q# L1 Y4 C+ B' K: }. H. a
Your kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before.
1 i3 d3 K. c3 z8 P1 a$ O! e! F& e7 Q9 yWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--8 V" J0 @) g2 f! d
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 1 W+ b0 }- m* ^) j: u3 J& Y
You feared you hadn't earned them. 5 v% E# H" X7 T( ^+ J S5 b: Z$ J
, z- g. i2 j9 t, V" l, }7 V) H* ^he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
8 ~2 x/ R! V6 M) K3 @God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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