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朋友劳工写给朋友的8 W3 G8 `; A5 T0 ~- Z! t
7 r9 R8 g+ p7 I; r) n. ZI want to grow you a tree, / | u3 d# m# X' ]9 I8 E
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:& p9 N! c+ Z% W B* s5 X- V
* Z: B7 v$ [' WA husband you've never met, but someday will,
) t# H' m! h3 A x3 p* B. iA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
3 E. h: }( ~! V; b, K; PBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,; l7 S5 m2 x/ x$ a+ r
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.3 ?5 ^* Y3 X: ~1 q9 Y) H
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,5 R9 t% J, B# j$ q
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He will understand all this about you:
% l3 h% L7 E* C! m' h" DYour fear, your hope,
; M; @" g9 f! _( E+ Y& ZYour kindness, your need for space.* n6 N' e: G/ s
+ y2 e n0 q8 q/ g" dIn your mind, you've been left before. ; P- |: _; Q# k; {3 w( K
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--2 E2 M& W7 j% p5 k( l5 G) W
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
6 ?- ? v/ n9 w7 t: S- _You feared you hadn't earned them. / m+ p% E4 y. H4 W% V
8 W( ^: J6 U8 S, q% Ihe will understand all this. I will understand all this. / U3 s; ~3 t! j( |6 B8 _
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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