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朋友劳工写给朋友的. m/ Q, ?% h+ m& D8 W
7 D. m2 S" X( o' T( tI want to grow you a tree, / C3 Y# W* Y3 R4 d3 i M
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, , k# H" S+ u3 L* Z
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
w: N. ?& ^; T9 L6 R0 GBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
; ?' S. R9 G' R/ E L8 Mwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.- M' f) u; v! f K8 x
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,* v$ z% p9 B$ K+ H. z
4 U+ }8 Z3 n& R8 h g1 @8 fHe will understand all this about you:+ C4 G. @) l! M0 ~
Your fear, your hope,- N: @; `5 R" ?3 r* G
Your kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before.
( f6 {. j3 X+ y8 ^We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--- {8 q7 O( K ~5 O( E/ t2 a( W/ a1 A
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
4 c0 k g/ D/ B3 ^% ]' C- [You feared you hadn't earned them. $ s, `1 ~' a# u7 b" d1 a
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
. o- Y y4 a: |% Y( iGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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