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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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0 q7 Q) v3 r& U" F1 RI want to grow you a tree,
/ U! f) I3 l0 W9 q/ o- w2 P0 hAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, 2 z- Y1 \1 ^+ w6 X% ]# Q V
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
- d* p+ @$ U4 f2 v: zBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,9 i$ `, D8 r& p1 b4 y6 o! n- ?
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
- D& B& `4 X6 Q% t* k D% Q5 L3 hHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,3 r5 P; I7 }$ G8 u! h
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He will understand all this about you:
/ t0 C# \2 G4 [8 k8 l) n* FYour fear, your hope,! y: H9 b' b; j% L9 r9 Y! [$ @/ k
Your kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before. / a9 e% N! g8 M# q, f$ P7 |- _
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
4 i% w) t. y1 yYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, q" P- B8 i4 @- h9 N. l
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. ( g, n" g; L) y2 H
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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