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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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1 j, }# H6 N3 j4 k2 Z- W7 eI want to grow you a tree,
* k2 p9 a' B5 O' ]5 `9 xAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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6 M* K) Z+ z9 i7 _A husband you've never met, but someday will, 3 _1 T/ Z: l$ M+ N P' o( B
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
7 T/ k- U0 t6 L$ a8 W9 U6 ZBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
0 ~, n/ Q& n4 F, cwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
, M0 g( n Y6 S& D& ~He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:6 |* q: @# z& J; j0 e, K, Y
Your fear, your hope,
. P2 S' y; r) h% J* P. J! lYour kindness, your need for space.' \7 R) j ]: [* f3 F& {2 K
) u& S; N/ M$ _) e4 A4 f* AIn your mind, you've been left before.
7 R9 R3 ?' s* I( Z/ E1 cWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--& x0 @. _0 P& H* L: w' S4 Z# E+ ?
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, / ]9 R! F7 a7 n, v8 L6 u. f0 U2 H
You feared you hadn't earned them. ! z; E2 v* a5 w
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 1 x E5 m5 s+ I3 i
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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