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I want to grow you a tree,
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, - ]& y* d4 R% {3 X
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
B% Z8 a( g2 h+ CBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
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He will understand all this about you:
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7 s& E: H X9 k8 M# q4 VIn your mind, you've been left before.
2 m! I5 ~0 ~1 r2 UWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
" L& t+ `* I2 ], m& a( vYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
( c! C: e6 ^9 Y- OYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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6 j# _- C+ C( F- C+ c/ V9 Ghe will understand all this. I will understand all this. 8 j" d3 D* j0 H8 }& j* Q, |
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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