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, B; k3 u+ I3 H: c7 b* o8 JI want to grow you a tree,
1 ^ ~ x$ d) o0 {+ ]# u- WAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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! G/ w0 T' {: l5 _A husband you've never met, but someday will,
! d( L) J: T% f6 u+ Y9 vA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
! E) f7 M( @: v( m; P5 E0 w/ Q k. BBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
( s9 G1 Q6 _* {watching you, protecting your fragile smile.: |/ c8 T9 n/ g+ }& o; ]% Z, \
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,% Q# q+ o5 h6 w0 U
1 F, g9 a1 |5 gHe will understand all this about you:, ]9 U# Y$ F" H" M( K: D h! I
Your fear, your hope,# f6 m/ u) u+ V+ v. p, v) _1 s3 D
Your kindness, your need for space.8 ]- j) t5 ^ h7 l5 d8 S( K
! Y9 o% w/ [! ~+ C. jIn your mind, you've been left before. 8 g. Y ?3 M6 ]
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--( X- Z- x! w' M# x/ C8 I* w9 Z
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
$ k& E7 G5 C# ^You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. t! ^/ w( ]% O7 P9 X) h1 R
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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