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, ~& h1 `6 z( Z% s3 c2 dI want to grow you a tree,
, G. J' ]" D5 \% A1 z" t0 SAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:" @- t n5 A7 K/ x0 N5 A
# c( `' h: i: V) [3 p9 E! tA husband you've never met, but someday will, ]3 g3 {: }8 T" V
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
1 H6 T4 w0 T8 ^- p0 X: x0 A# eBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
: b' d. [+ ^) `8 k1 q8 o0 }2 F+ h; o3 ]watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
! Y" N4 m J. h$ c. H+ ?He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,) N) z2 b G7 y
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He will understand all this about you:
6 P; q0 V6 p7 U2 V4 M t4 sYour fear, your hope,6 K. p7 e$ @, r' D: ~
Your kindness, your need for space.
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# f0 Y, s5 h# C- q; d3 g# iIn your mind, you've been left before.
( f& P! Y! U% ^3 S3 a. D5 yWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
; R: D1 ]9 F( f( r( P9 |# eYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
x4 L/ K4 @' R x: d) o F+ JYou feared you hadn't earned them. 7 ?- y2 o* U1 ~$ `5 g# O
, K; t) V7 B. u# y _he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
: B/ h+ i/ }; B+ c1 wGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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