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4 b3 X4 s. H+ v \" W- m/ nI want to grow you a tree,
+ s# k$ j p$ Y) _. G- LAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:( ^" v g0 ~/ S* p- K
( A0 Q: E4 {* Y4 ]& K" XA husband you've never met, but someday will,
`: O. r- @: N3 [A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 8 c ^7 T) j5 ]( A+ r- L
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
/ @ l F7 `' c/ ]watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
# l/ t9 _+ {; [& H. X$ M5 hHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,$ s6 z7 v5 d9 B/ K/ X. |
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He will understand all this about you:
& y5 d v6 `0 d$ r. I2 qYour fear, your hope,% }( s' _, h; g. v7 \% K
Your kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before. * y6 d5 U `& s
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--7 q- x* q- _9 D& e+ h: Y+ h
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, : X8 \/ W# w5 t0 N
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
, h& H) U+ M9 DGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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