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朋友劳工写给朋友的8 h) |' i: t5 H- C/ h- n {
, N( ~: e4 I) ]5 t5 II want to grow you a tree, % m' [$ a8 p7 J
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:& M: D2 E' W; G# R, R' n
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
! u; B4 t/ ^3 x: C7 k' xA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
; B6 J! X1 F, V6 l* L# W. KBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
: d: B3 g* z' ?2 A( Bwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
; j" r, |3 z/ W3 K* GHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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v* b( v) a* Q4 BHe will understand all this about you:6 K% I: j% u6 [% C# G
Your fear, your hope,
9 x' `4 A/ S' T. AYour kindness, your need for space.
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6 L( O5 @% B) E; O. p/ vIn your mind, you've been left before. / s' a5 B4 K( b4 c% ]' p( {
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--9 t3 E9 z9 k/ o' V9 E3 A& X6 M
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
8 G: m* N9 I! s& r. \- NYou feared you hadn't earned them. # {4 c6 ~5 V5 |- X2 d
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. # Y. m, s4 W% s2 p/ \& b, X4 n' h
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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