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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, ; w% y0 ?: A# ?; r& _4 F
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
) Q4 b, T2 B" J: l$ _A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
s; y' l6 j' DBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
; l9 s c x7 H) w. pwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.3 Z0 c2 C! R* Q9 D# [+ |
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
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1 T" ]" n% Y" b# x& DYour kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before.
: t/ S O% T6 x c( ~+ p8 O7 @We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--( R3 C d5 F- e$ L6 Y8 p
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
$ u$ ~" |8 B9 I9 N3 x# NYou feared you hadn't earned them. ( K) b" d1 N0 `; p5 A# H: i
/ f2 [ S: s k9 Q! j6 l) {; x# j, a Qhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. * h" V+ u- }" p( I
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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