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朋友劳工写给朋友的% F$ l+ x1 C( g" D3 `* A+ E
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I want to grow you a tree, 0 s, I2 q1 w: l7 E2 y1 |
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:1 h5 ~, Q d# u# `: v) N
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
, C' I% Y0 i6 ^% K+ |5 NA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
+ d2 M: \9 e1 T3 KBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
9 r% O9 h& k8 E. Q5 Owatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
0 k: }5 R6 g1 h( {0 D3 SHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
( o0 u- R3 p' NYour fear, your hope,
6 y. J0 v$ P3 C2 }) y! lYour kindness, your need for space.
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5 h' o* K; Q$ o6 O7 a& D" f2 u+ A; YIn your mind, you've been left before.
0 j" ^- x' ?; k( uWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
" x* V1 @8 f, R- Y! F" y8 hYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
" _$ [" D0 `1 J; j, U# UYou feared you hadn't earned them. ! p5 h- }- ^1 ]: S h( k' K2 U
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 3 [/ y' [, J6 p( @; F1 ]) n' V
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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