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2 [4 Q! {6 V' x/ Q: v0 w: E! ZI want to grow you a tree,
[5 @) _& G" @8 JAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:. W, ^& W% |8 N4 _" X
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, $ z/ L: Y" ^8 u
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, ' i# u% Q8 @4 q" s
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,# C1 P4 [% n2 E7 ?' l
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.6 N* P! d$ r- j7 l. [7 b( k/ m7 |" f
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,, H. V1 |+ w4 x& W; K6 g6 b3 m
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He will understand all this about you:
: ~' Y# x- W' t2 O2 @% pYour fear, your hope,
) M( G* D) F. ^4 L3 j0 d" k7 ^Your kindness, your need for space.
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! L5 U2 k" w; A3 Z2 x/ J5 lIn your mind, you've been left before.
& J$ G( ~) ?- p: a- J# fWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--% f# T; j9 e1 ?4 ]
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
( e9 W3 z3 b4 k0 A4 G+ |0 O4 ~( CYou feared you hadn't earned them. 3 S: i0 d& V/ ] k$ A; K
# p5 f9 n6 S6 `. jhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. - a! ?+ M7 y4 u2 \- R9 y! j0 G
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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