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Wife

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You're home, you're home
You're home to me
So leave me, leave me
Leave me a map
I'm here at my cliff looking down

I cannot bear you a son, but I will try
For if I am not yours, what am I
I daydream I'd give one a name of my own
For I, even I, even I am alone

I have, I have, I watch a dream
Breaking, breaking, breaking me
Away from my cliff,
I'm looking down from

I cannot bear you a son, I have tried
But if I am not yours, what am I
I daydream I'd give him a name of my own
For I, even mine, even mine is unknown

So let me go towards the morning star
With hope it won't disappear

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harperjonesr On Sep 24, 2020

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2020-09-24 20:38:34

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by HarperJonesR

5y ago

I think it is about a woman whose whole identity is her marriage. She has only this one dream of starting a family but she can't pursue it. She doesn't seem to have the best relationship with her husband either, plus her fear of being alone may have made her marry someone who isn't right for her. Either way they have communication issues, he is expecting her to give her a family or at least she thinks he is. Somehow I think that it is all in her head and that he really would love her despite her being able to "bear him a son" or not.

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