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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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. h: j t- M" [" @$ l4 hI want to grow you a tree,
6 }8 S: P6 ~* k+ h2 \And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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% L8 S/ I/ B( b7 g* {) {& B1 `+ YA husband you've never met, but someday will, 7 j2 ]4 ^) y( n% N! v$ K7 m# N
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, ) X) K/ h1 ?1 X g* p% k
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
6 E2 W. [' s4 O/ `' p( `, owatching you, protecting your fragile smile." s$ [, K1 ^0 g' }
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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6 Z" W/ r% V$ M4 x0 P: |! \5 h, ?( ZHe will understand all this about you:0 \( b5 e* D, L
Your fear, your hope,' G; ^* e- U; r
Your kindness, your need for space.
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" }6 ^( y* q' I9 k& jIn your mind, you've been left before. $ N4 @, m/ q$ m" a( e8 f* a
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--6 _( Q p- I+ }4 |/ m; ~
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
! o- W* l( O6 u6 s) z/ [9 T, GYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 3 f7 o6 [" g5 U
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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