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朋友劳工写给朋友的- m# Z/ g2 b% O& o. \
' ~& k( f8 m6 X" I2 x5 T0 BI want to grow you a tree,
" I/ C' m3 O. D# wAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
2 ~0 V/ s, [, E LA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
# j9 u5 j! l1 i3 sBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
/ P" o) ?! g. b! B: W: ]6 T2 Ewatching you, protecting your fragile smile. c$ q' G+ _# @& w+ n! y6 ?
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,2 z# n' l% ]& k1 }) _9 v8 b, Z
" h s; g$ j1 _! ^* \6 Y" jHe will understand all this about you:6 n2 f/ U8 E8 m0 Q, ]: O2 |9 x
Your fear, your hope,; ^) `/ c3 ~, W
Your kindness, your need for space." a* u- {6 F/ p( \2 w% v
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In your mind, you've been left before. 7 y( a& h6 d& i. S
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
) L. Q' q* B, B1 ~ o+ V" aYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
4 k/ C) ? S/ S1 F( X0 A( |1 M/ m" wYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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6 z4 |, j g5 n) G5 x) o: @5 m. Rhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. 6 v9 [( ]: p6 I1 C0 g$ S
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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