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/ G- H) Q( i: h' E v: }2 uI want to grow you a tree,
2 T- h ~/ ^' V7 p6 P' ZAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:8 A5 O: U. L, J& m& }
% T% @8 a5 A( d/ @A husband you've never met, but someday will, - ?# T2 x7 W$ i/ b( i
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
5 R% X9 Q5 s% B1 k. u) [% aBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
5 h3 ]' T! P/ mwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.( N: c2 h* K$ v/ k% w6 a
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,/ {! Z0 v* [ F9 c
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He will understand all this about you:
3 [! y2 N. F3 C h8 uYour fear, your hope,
g+ d' i) I9 g) QYour kindness, your need for space.
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4 u6 }- H! j9 f9 y" kIn your mind, you've been left before.
% c5 \: M8 A+ v& W; y4 P) _$ ?We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--: t, e( y+ k& Q3 [: R" B
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
8 c, Z% Z& x9 z0 lYou feared you hadn't earned them. * b+ ?4 v( S% D1 u9 Z
, m! a6 E3 ^& Z! Che will understand all this. I will understand all this. 0 H" p* X' l4 m0 j2 @( ~! Y
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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