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) Z6 L6 I/ t$ H* T) NI want to grow you a tree,
; l- K+ x& l$ P$ dAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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& |- e. }& ` g- q: IA husband you've never met, but someday will,
0 ?# T) j7 K$ pA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, , p8 \# |) N, ^; m
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
5 _) r; ^; X( ~8 [watching you, protecting your fragile smile.4 j5 a, I; I) r! n
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,1 p+ X# H' T% q0 f; o
' i( `2 D! h! _. lHe will understand all this about you:
6 u" b+ `+ W! yYour fear, your hope,# t7 ^" r; p; k6 ]
Your kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before. " t9 a' e2 q; G1 T- b, C) F
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely-- I1 S3 P( ?) b: B- P
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
- K1 n" g) F& e% y NYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. ! m3 |" B* j# K2 V# m( |
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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