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4 i q3 ^1 P3 s8 j1 d: V+ @9 n8 P& xI want to grow you a tree, S W+ x4 e# B. x7 P
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:0 z' a1 c9 c1 P" Y
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
2 G( P- L% l; {A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, $ I6 F! }* T6 ?' o- V
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
& ]. X$ `5 ?+ \; E7 Hwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.. A' f/ Q* T; x) @9 i
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,1 F1 \) n; \6 y- Y7 Q4 O
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He will understand all this about you:
" X: {) S6 l$ b' V- L& v. NYour fear, your hope,
( D6 a4 d0 N( k0 }# p6 R/ jYour kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before.
) z. B' q) }/ |% tWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--9 L' R" r) R$ _1 c. ]
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, / s; X2 p' ]5 Y, \
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 1 y8 L* }5 u$ k: W2 j! M
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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