 鲜花( 634)  鸡蛋( 5)
|
朋友劳工写给朋友的2 h$ N7 C. N6 G' S; _1 V/ Z9 A" [4 @" D
) f/ s/ P& b1 O% y- dI want to grow you a tree,
$ B& u' y" T% S/ D! }3 P% m7 SAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
' B% Z! }) x# E5 ~& G( i+ p , \: e. [6 {/ k% C8 U1 {; h ~* H
A husband you've never met, but someday will,
1 N9 ]" ^6 x$ `6 p2 b0 ZA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 9 T0 |; [9 Z- f( K0 ^( C( s) e' j
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,& s8 C8 B/ t5 x' ]9 i3 S
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
- Y: I1 O8 `, u8 f. Y4 h% ~He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
* R: O5 D2 _& Y: v# V/ k* O( D& r
3 x6 ?8 t/ N& UHe will understand all this about you:
, N& ]# `/ X eYour fear, your hope,
1 w1 J- ?+ k( A8 N; s9 uYour kindness, your need for space.3 n% L* j; J7 x; [% a( k+ q
- R t# |2 ^) l4 h5 b0 c4 C
In your mind, you've been left before. % z5 z6 K4 \1 [( r9 A& G
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
5 ?- O3 U$ ]: k6 S/ |. oYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
" \, N; N2 G) S* YYou feared you hadn't earned them. : N/ \8 z* p y
$ D8 [7 }/ B- qhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. 4 w: v1 [: s* ]. O+ K% J
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
|