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朋友劳工写给朋友的+ U2 F2 Q4 p+ a% ]* o
& S: {: C8 c# B" K3 fI want to grow you a tree,
2 ]$ X f' {+ |& O" `And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:! g2 `! y2 s- P
$ F' _( d0 j0 Z) T2 o4 _# jA husband you've never met, but someday will, 7 L) d+ S, l4 o) V6 e
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, & @5 t- b/ e; Y2 O- P* Z
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
' n5 t& o+ ^5 P; j5 C) Zwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
5 O: `% j8 W" o: z" kHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,7 F) p4 h+ G1 l+ b
8 T9 m7 U% i: FHe will understand all this about you:
9 b, t) f( J! j8 cYour fear, your hope,
. ] v% ~+ [' |; bYour kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before.
1 s& }# {7 Y$ C; jWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
+ C }1 v# U+ H7 a3 jYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, * H0 s& ]: ]5 @/ F; x, `( F
You feared you hadn't earned them. Q4 a4 D, U. f. C$ E: K6 b
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
! o( W8 j1 A/ \6 q/ s0 VGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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