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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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6 W$ [0 `3 M$ K* o! [) a- CI want to grow you a tree,
" p& n" _2 P% [And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, . E5 }7 x6 t! t
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, : S; @& I" @% u9 Y: H* k B) m
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,2 H/ t4 b. T" N& v
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
0 @3 f9 @% p* p/ L' e$ c& f7 eHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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4 ^$ e3 N! S) n$ j, p( vHe will understand all this about you:, D8 r8 I4 c8 Y7 @
Your fear, your hope,% r3 [: t; |0 K9 P/ @. `
Your kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before.
: D5 [: d5 g PWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
! `' r" z, {0 `; d! f l# ]You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, / g/ z- f3 r3 V. K) b3 q
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. # I. H- \1 c0 ~3 e5 @6 n' ~
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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