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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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* p0 Q, F6 g w- j: nI want to grow you a tree,
1 h+ l& V/ d; eAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:' _0 |* R& L# P: r
* J) V( n. u- `% `A husband you've never met, but someday will,
1 ^3 C R$ L# ZA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
! E1 ^) D) i- h+ C) w, jBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
+ o3 d3 C4 X2 ]) _( vwatching you, protecting your fragile smile., Y" K. d1 Q) \0 b' t! G1 N8 D( t
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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. l, e1 G7 ^" kHe will understand all this about you:5 @' L6 S9 X& _# e/ @: G
Your fear, your hope,
4 b- V2 w- q0 aYour kindness, your need for space.: ~- u( t/ Q( k* r9 I8 Z
4 a7 [, {# k- V% n4 B! WIn your mind, you've been left before.
, S5 d! X- r4 g2 m# u7 OWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--) L6 W8 ]9 Y& e6 a5 V3 B( a
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
t! A5 K/ V! Q+ x, z4 oYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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/ R+ W" F7 }$ ^he will understand all this. I will understand all this. - _, |4 ]4 u+ o' }% n3 A" h' [/ a
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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