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3 r* f: f/ M X; Y- s* ZI want to grow you a tree, - e( x: h9 A& m% {
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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( I, S: Y/ |7 a. u: N. ^4 _7 F- wA husband you've never met, but someday will,
1 @7 ]$ O ^( f. P' YA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
. [% O* ~( B7 u1 d: y# n( lBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
" U6 d- f$ T2 P2 U8 a4 R& jwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.! [3 Q/ L: m- Z+ W. w* p' e2 ~6 A
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
: ?/ b' I# }& E' a4 mYour fear, your hope,
' G1 y. W* s; u3 i v# Z. ]! fYour kindness, your need for space.' e6 r( O, U. O) C
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In your mind, you've been left before.
2 Y: Q: R" [9 s* z/ h( M/ v4 tWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--1 _2 p) g' U: ]% N3 e
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
/ [; W1 H0 K/ G7 Z) n; y1 |You feared you hadn't earned them. ( Y2 b* b% T7 L! ?
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
+ M( }. x6 z" E6 sGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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