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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, ! f0 R: m; u5 \8 y8 [0 p
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:; Y' ~0 I. N R( Q' U
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, 3 d6 ^0 D, g6 X F3 x# ?
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
7 u$ m7 t* d9 W" h1 U: S! s9 {But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,& c+ b, H8 q; h3 l; Q( `4 q" i! ?! B
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.6 E$ C0 S0 c+ l' Y. ~
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
$ z1 Z* w4 {# w! } R& iYour fear, your hope,
6 ]5 ?6 ^' `1 J8 J% R$ t& Q D; |Your kindness, your need for space.8 ^! C0 w$ [' J0 k+ F
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In your mind, you've been left before. ) s$ x8 T( R0 ^" B& R% ^7 F2 [! a( g
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--/ S8 N6 F; Y' V. Z1 P" _
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, # P/ q! N k% h m
You feared you hadn't earned them. ' ~' b; A# L4 \$ @+ p7 Q$ H( o
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
- m. x6 v/ H1 \/ o+ |) o1 N5 RGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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