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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree,
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( F$ |: D; j4 k! W2 w% u# _A husband you've never met, but someday will, 1 K% \: d/ `8 R. z& D% }6 r; N
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
2 {: T/ F/ M: J# cBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
0 H; N; D2 a* {watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
' j, z' w8 j1 [( u" f/ ZHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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2 V& L3 i. m/ j2 y! \/ S5 w g# f! oHe will understand all this about you:
( z, [. q" C5 c, d' } P( FYour fear, your hope,( Q( D* P7 A" G! l$ w
Your kindness, your need for space./ l, I0 ] u( X3 B4 ], Z* l: N) ^! p
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In your mind, you've been left before.
7 W3 q T$ S4 _- xWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--% z4 w) K3 ~8 @ W8 j
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
4 H' u6 r( T' y1 m4 l# UYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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# o; r3 l \) w! d3 Hhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. * c( M9 d; O U2 E8 \
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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