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! d9 X3 `1 k1 b8 W- q% u# @ bI want to grow you a tree,
& k. E# K* g7 G2 i4 k# C7 zAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:8 V$ ~* [4 O' K* B% G) @9 K, W$ P1 @
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
# Q" i7 a v2 O2 C) ]A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 0 ~* L. @. E' r ]6 d
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
, T3 g! i1 G5 P3 s, {/ U' ewatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
# L4 A: X/ b! d. q- O! U. hHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,5 v9 |+ R+ O- m8 v; b D% k" T
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He will understand all this about you:5 F& b( A: \9 q
Your fear, your hope,
% s- T+ v/ f5 G( u: DYour kindness, your need for space.
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2 _0 r" m' R. Y: KIn your mind, you've been left before.
$ D" J y. d7 W! W; A. N U- oWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
8 p3 ]/ v' i Y) I( t3 d& Q' vYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, ; I" k( Y: Q; A# ~0 F
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
# t' G3 J% \/ EGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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