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朋友劳工写给朋友的8 t! g1 h6 j8 n* o1 D& m7 X
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I want to grow you a tree,
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, 2 S5 i, Q. |4 b. o
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
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watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
0 G4 G2 E& @" \2 z/ iHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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; Y- k- |) q" B& R6 Y& eHe will understand all this about you:" e4 @9 o1 X5 R$ ~ `; I
Your fear, your hope,
8 @. I# x1 f. d# d$ HYour kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before.
4 L, f, S% Z* wWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
h, ?0 G/ p9 x: x N/ aYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
' e, q% w+ ^ m2 c$ q' s9 |You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
0 Y B% f0 \6 \- k/ w; c8 t" ^God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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