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朋友劳工写给朋友的6 v) L0 r. x4 H& w7 ?
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I want to grow you a tree,
9 v" x* I' K& {2 cAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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% v9 B2 D8 h" p5 T) \3 v m6 o6 p- |A husband you've never met, but someday will,
; ?1 T* Y/ T4 z' D/ EA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
6 K; K% g( z; m: D* [3 d' qBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
" [ x& z l* U- ewatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
! B$ H1 t1 x6 q y% U4 qHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,+ ]2 j5 c/ |6 D# T9 g$ m4 d0 u* \
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He will understand all this about you:' o$ a' v- ]" \: O: y" W- N
Your fear, your hope,
7 c' B* A3 Z& ]+ f! |8 AYour kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before. H ]- W( ^* K$ C3 }: m
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
, _3 n6 t# B( ?5 } ?8 ?You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
, Z: i; K0 X9 M" t; \% r$ y- J& WYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
: f% O# g4 N9 F9 X! uGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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